Saturday, July 1, 2017

Jake Gyllenhaal: One Sip At A Time



Anyone with even a casual introduction into the stunt world of Jake Gyllenhaal is well versed in the vernacular of beverage bearding and the words that capture the moment.

Java run. Casual for coffee. Java tour. Coffee dates. Cozy at a coffee shop. Sipping, grabbing, sharing maple lattes. Steaming up coffee shops. Matching smiles and coffee cups. Strolling, carrying, ordering, juggling, walking, leaving, spotted, stopping for, gallivanting… The venues are infinite and so are the words that describe the insatiable need to be caffeinated at all times whenever paparazzi are nearby. 

And, when all is said and done, words alone cannot capture the hallowed "grounds" of the Hollywood Hookup. Soooo, with cups in hand, let's see who can spot the real couple first!














Then we have the man of the hour himself. Just solo java-in':






The businesses, like the locations, are familiar. Not just because Jake is a creature of habit, but because his contract probably stipulates what specific establishments will provide those vital endorsements for the Baby Tiles et al. College Fund. Whereas the venues are chosen to reinforce whatever geographic placement Jake's management team need to sell at any given time. Hint: Wherever Austin Nichols is not supposed to be.



Blue Bottle Coffee
Cafe Lux
Cold Process
Frothy Monkey
Gorilla Coffee
Intelligentsia Coffee
La Colombe
LaMille Coffee Shop
Peet's Coffee
Urth Caffé 


Beverly Hills
Brentwood
Chelsea
Silver Lake
Park Slope
Leadville
London
Los Angeles
Nashville
Ojai
San Francisco
Santa Monica
Tribeca
Soho
Venice





I know, I know. A certain someone is probably wondering where all of this talk about coffee klatches is headed. What's the matter, Jakey? Didn't you get your caffeine fix this morning?


Well, I guess not. LOL! Let's get this show on the road then.

Given the predictability of Jake's coffee rituals, it is always a surprise when he suddenly pops up somewhere brand new - and in a location that is not pre-approved. Especially, if that location is anywhere near a certain persona non grata by the name of Austin Nichols.


And where is SPoT Coffee situated? Well, their headquarters is in Toronto. But, most of their physical franchises are in the nearby Buffalo/Rochester area of New York. Not Manhattan. Not Tribeca. Not Brooklyn. Not even Bedford, where WME has been trying to sell a NY suburban bromance between Jake and his new bestie, Ryan Reynolds. In other words, if you review that coffee venue list up above, upstate NY has never been one of Jake's publicly sanctioned stomping grounds. Instead, the tweeter @maeveewilliams and the bulk of SPoT cafes are in Western, Upstate New York.


Well, lookey there. I think we can see a nearby state and city familiar to the Jake and Austin love story on that map: Jackson, Michigan. 

Could it just be that after his performance on Thursday night, Jake returned to Austin and their family for whatever reason and was then making his way back to the Theater District in downtown Manhattan for an 8 p.m. Friday night performance?  There are airports everywhere in the area where Jake was seen. That kind of "commute" would definitely require a caffeinated pick me up. Ah, the wonders of private jets in the age of the closet. It's amazing what a little ingenuity and planning can do. And that, my friends, is just another example of how Jake and Austin make this secret family work. Social media is a double edge sword. A malleable tool for management to manipulate at will. But, every once in a while the truth shines through, bright and clear as day. Especially, if one knows what to look for among the lies.


pic sources:  Just Jared, Daily Mail, PopSugar, FanPop 
Our playlist: One More Cup of Coffee - Bob Dylan
                      Talking Body - Tove Lo
                      Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter
                      You're the Cream in my Coffee - Nat King Cole Trio 
                      Leaving on a Jet Plane - Frank Sinatra
                  

4 comments:

prairiegirl said...

I told M&M that I had snarked on Twitter about having to upload Bob Dylan into the music player, which meant I did have a heads up on what the song sounded like. LOL! I don't know where she hears some of this stuff. ;-)

But I like the other songs! ;D

prairiegirl said...

As you can see, we've been holding onto this tweet for a little while, were waiting for his Sunday in the Park gig to end. This is no doubt why Austin was stationed over in Michigan, right? Halfway across the U.S. and not as long of a haul for when Jake had his Sunday evening --> Tuesday break. Jake was doing that long, loooong commute during the If There Is play run and he got caught several times over in LA, and I bet too that Jake just said he wasn't doing that long haul again.

So it would make sense that they cut the commute in half. And anyone who has kids or knows people with kids, you know that with small ones all the way to the teenage years, there are phone calls up the ying yang. Their phones are going off all the time especially during summer and holiday breaks. Anything can happen. And anything can make a parent really feel they need to get home, even if they're out of town and it's less than a 24 hr dash.

For little kids, everything is a calamity, everything is a tragedy - Teddy Bear goes missing, hey maybe you even have a scrape, sprain or broken arm, those are medical emergencies. There's no way you can have 6-7 kids and not have all kinds of stuff going on in that house.

I think Jake "ran" home for less than 24 hours and he was on his way back for that Friday night show. And he stopped for some coffee.

Methodical Muser said...


LOL! I don't know where she hears some of this stuff

WhAAAAAAT!

Methodical Muser said...


I love in those bearding pics with Reese, Tay Tay and Alyssa that Jake has his work uniform on or the pic is blurred. In one photo op, he has his lumberjack persona going on and the other one looks like he just rolled out of bed for the five minute stroll. He makes sure there is only a fuzzy profile view of his walk of shame with Swifty. But, his photo with Austin is clean and crisp and very much natural. That is the real Jake. The guy who doesn't need to hide behind a beard, a hoodie or a baseball cap. Jake looks relaxed and content. I guess that old saying is correct. It's the company that you keep that makes the man.