Coffee

Coffee with Mom on New Year's Day. One of the moments I'm glad I have time to soak in now, without worrying about meeting the next deadline.

A resolution of sorts

I have a confession. I’ve always sort of looked down on people who make New Year’s resolutions. I’ve never understood why resolutions should be the sort of thing made only once a year, or why it’s okay to put off doing something you know you should be doing, like getting healthier. I’m a person of [...]

Blue Monday, one of the original offerings of Ruth Hunt Candies, the Kentucky Derby's official candymaker. (Did you know Churchill Downs had an official candymaker?)

The Law of Monday

The scenario: When one shakes a zip-top bag, one must make sure that the zip-top is indeed zipped. Otherwise one may send one’s very expensive low-glycemic-index, high-protein, no-really-one-is-a-prediabetic-not-a-hippie granola flying all over the kitchen. The law: This is especially likely to happen if one has determined to go into work early that day and is [...]

Found it!

Found it!

I think my search for “my” coffee shop may be over. Today I found Mid City Caffe, which, in addition to being mere minutes from my apartment, has that semi-hipster vibe that Giant had. Okay, it got pretty hipster around 6, when a guy with an acoustic guitar came in, but until then it was [...]

Latte from Flying Fish in Columbia Heights

Coffee!

Finally, the post you’ve all been waiting for! (But seriously, you knew I was going to blog about coffee at some point, right?) Back in Arizona, I used to spend my Saturdays at Giant Coffee, where the glass doors allowed the entire storefront to open up on nice days. In addition to the amazing space, [...]