Jonathan, who would not give his last name, sipped espresso from a china cup.

Sipping espresso, reading papers, talking on cell phones, writing in cramped notebooks,, playing with electronic organizers.

Back in the kitchen, she urged her guests to eat cake while she sipped espresso from a tall white mug.

"Do I look like a guy who's going to stand around sipping espresso and talking about the use of color on canvas?"

A few feet away, groups of portenos, as residents of the capital are called, are sitting around tables, sipping espresso.

The warm sunshine had brought people out, and they sat at small, outdoor tables in their crisp shirtsleeves, sipping espresso.

A largely Spanish-speaking crowd sipped espresso at the stand-up counter along the sidewalk.

Diners tend to linger there for hours, sipping espresso.

He sipped espresso at the same sidewalk cafe where they had held hands and watched the students a year earlier.

She arrived at eleven, and sipped espresso in the rear of a tiny bistro while trying to read the paper and appear calm.