Archive for August, 2005

they really mean it this time

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Hines Public Market Coffee on Eastlake will be closing its doors tomorrow. Though rarely noticed by Seattle-ites outside of its neighborhood, the roastery/cafe owned by “the Johns” (John Sanders and John Hornall) is a hallowed institution among coffee freaks globally. Great coffee, great people, and a cigar box for a cash register, they’ve […]

Bob’s mocha

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

My latte art photos on flickr have turned up in many odd corners of the web. There are some decent examples of latte art in there, almost all of them captured on the fly at Victrola. A photo of a mocha poured by Bob has become my most viewed/favorited/commented on photo, with over […]

sometimes people send me coffee

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

One of the neat fringe benefits of working in coffee is that I often get to sample coffees from far away colleagues. I’ve been remiss in giving shout outs to many of them in recent weeks/months. Two recent standouts…

Tony Dreyfuss of Chicago’s Metropolis Coffee sent us a care package with […]

special Seattle post!

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

Beans to chew during a hike near Mt. Ranier last weekend.
Apparently all 7 of my readers voted (probably multiple times) to win me the coveted nwsource.com People’s Pick for favorite blog. I’m sure the fine folks at The Stranger’s blog feel robbed, and the good people at the apparently un-nominated Seattle Metblogs feel their […]

ghostcycle

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

Ghostcycle #2 on Leary Way NW in Free-lard.
I rode my bike relentlessly during my last couple of years of living in New York City and expected to continue doing so living in Seattle. After a handful of bad car interactions and one incident of being dragged under the front of an oldsmobile on Pike, […]