I'm caught in a war of cheap coffee. I can't decide who's coffee I like more. Tim Horton's has gotten me through so many long days at work. Dunkin Donuts are starting to sprout up everywhere. I just can't make up my mind. Yesterday I had 1 cup of coffee from each.
Maybe someone has some dirty corporate secret they can tell me that will make me chose one.
Spot is dirty. I think it's gotten dirtier. I stopped going dowtown because of all the vagrants that sit in there.
City Spot is busy (which is great for people watching) but the whole place just looks so used and worn down. Anyone remember the phones on the tables @ the Spot downtown? It used to be so much fun to go there on a summer night and people watch. Now they aren't open 24/7 and the last time I was there late at night some old guy got off in the front window and we all got a free dessert for having to watch it.
Starbucks coffee is really strong and I don't really enjoy it. Everything there is either super bitter or super sugary.
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07/09/2006 12:22 #21019
Dunkin Donuts vs Timmy Ho'sCategory: coffee
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AdiumCategory: tech
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06/25/2006 18:06 #21017
ClevelandCategory: travel
I went to Cleveland yesterday. I have never been to Cleveland before. It was cleaner than I expected and the streets were wider. I was not as impressed with their waterfront as I was expecting, given everything I had heard about it.
The waterfront was totally inaccessible to pedestrians. Sure they had a lot of stuff on the lakes edge, but if you just wanted to walk along the water, you couldn't.
On the flip side. It was so cool to hang out and relax. I had dinner at the Cleveland Chop House. Sweet steak house if you ever have a chance to go. The food was really, really good. The only problem was that everything was so good and so heavy that you are only able to eat a little bit of everything.
The waterfront was totally inaccessible to pedestrians. Sure they had a lot of stuff on the lakes edge, but if you just wanted to walk along the water, you couldn't.
On the flip side. It was so cool to hang out and relax. I had dinner at the Cleveland Chop House. Sweet steak house if you ever have a chance to go. The food was really, really good. The only problem was that everything was so good and so heavy that you are only able to eat a little bit of everything.
leetee - 06/25/06 19:02
Glad you had a good time in Cleveland.
Remember the days in which any joke a comedian told about pollution and/or a dirty city, Cleveland was always mentioned?
We went once... but we should have done a bit of research before we did. Seems there's a groovy 'hood (similar to the strip here, i would imagine) with cool shops and restaurants that we completely missed out on. Ah well.. Next time! :O)
Glad you had a good time in Cleveland.
Remember the days in which any joke a comedian told about pollution and/or a dirty city, Cleveland was always mentioned?
We went once... but we should have done a bit of research before we did. Seems there's a groovy 'hood (similar to the strip here, i would imagine) with cool shops and restaurants that we completely missed out on. Ah well.. Next time! :O)
06/21/2006 20:59 #21016
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I found out about estrip from Paul. I became a member after I saw Paul's 3d rendering of his apartment on Elmwood and thought it was so cool.
2. How "out" are you about having a publicly accessible online journal. Do
your friends know? Does your family know? Do your co-workers know? Does your
boss know? Do you use your real name? Do you use your real photo?
Everyone knows I have an online journal. I do use my real photo. My email address is my real name, but I have a screen name for the journal.
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15
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1
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My next cell phone will be capable of participating in the pmobile posting which will increase me usage of the site.
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Not unless I am doing something cool that I think would make a neat post.
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06/16/2006 17:55 #21015
The Summer of MattI've decided to take every other Friday off and enjoy myself this summer. Today I went to the gym, played with my dogs and took them for a long walk, went for a bike ride, cleaned up around the house, went out to India Gate for lunch then sat outside and relaxed and typed a paper.
The downside is that I'm a little sunburned and my laptop battery is almost dead.
I might sell my soul to have the whole summer have the weather we had this week.
The downside is that I'm a little sunburned and my laptop battery is almost dead.
I might sell my soul to have the whole summer have the weather we had this week.
mike - 06/17/06 01:56
I think that's great. I don't work Friday-Sunday , at least for the summer. I end up working long days during the week to make up for it but it is so nice to have three free days in a row to do whatever I want. Especially now with the nice weather! Enjoy!
I think that's great. I don't work Friday-Sunday , at least for the summer. I end up working long days during the week to make up for it but it is so nice to have three free days in a row to do whatever I want. Especially now with the nice weather! Enjoy!
I don't know any dirty corporate secrets about either... but i've heard that Tim Horton's coffee tastes better on the Canadian side of the border. Of course, i am not a coffee drinker, unless it has chocolate or caramel or both and whipped cream and milk and, oh, orange syrup is good... i think the coffee part plays second fiddle to all the other stuff for me.
that's funny... in buffalo there are timmy ho's everywhere, and so everyone is excited about the new dunkin donuts. in RI there are DD everywhere, and people are freaking b/c now we're getting a tim horton's. Personally I couldn't care less. I kind of hate the taste of coffee, so I have to put so much stuff in it it's like candy. I like elmwood spot for people watching and b/c it's not so corporate.
wow! I had totally forgotten about the phones! I haven't been to the Spot on Chippewa in forever and a day
Om my god the phones at spot coffee.Man that brings back memories. Sometimes they would work w/o a quarter. Yeah spot is played out now and dirty.Since the ownership changed it sucks. My vote is for Timmy ho hos. But maybe thats only because we dont have them in nyc and I miss it!!