Vacation caffeination
Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 9:47PM I’m on vacation the next couple weeks, which really means that I went home to work harvest. If you missed it last year, I wrote a few stories about harvest. Here’s one of my favorites that I wrote while I was in Beijing (link). I’ll try to post a few times while I’m here, spending all day in the field doesn’t leave a lot of time for writing.
Here are a couple links from around the coffee world:
Headed to LA and need some coffee recommendations? Oliver Strand, who writes The New York Times’ Ristretto column, just visited and has some thoughts to share with you. link
Could coffee drinkers finally getting some good news about coffee prices? It appears so, at least if you drink Maxwell House. link All of those recent price hikes? They’re working, at least for shareholders (according to the video embedded in the article).
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz is urging CEOs of American corporations to stop all political campaign donations until Congress starts compromising and coming up with forward-thinking, long-term solutions to our nation’s economic problems. link [Note how the content of the article was molded to fit the WSJ’s political viewpoint. The CEO quoted in the article was not even a part of Schultz’ group and he was only quoted as concerned with cutting spending.]
I know it’s bad form to answer a question with a question, but the answer to this headline should be, “Will anyone care?” link According to the author, DD’s “pastries and coffee are craved by a large portion of the western United States.” Really? How many DDs are there in Portland?
And with that, I’m out…
Reader Comments (2)
This may seem uncultured, provided you blog specifically on Portland Coffee, but do you have any recommendations for coffee (entertainment, fun, etc.) in Boston? I've heard you spent some time in the region.
When we lived there, I mostly frequented Starbucks, but out here I met someone who told me that 1369, near Central Square was a pretty good coffee shop.
One of my favorite things to do in Boston is to visit the Museum of Fine Arts. It has a fantastic Egyptian collection, and a pretty solid European Renaissance collection (those were my favorites). The Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum has great art, but when I went there, the staff were about as uptight and unfriendly as possible.
For food, Neptune Oyster in the North End has some damn good calamari, and we used to go to Rabia's (also in the North End) a lot. The butternut squash gnocchi were good, and if you speak Spanish, the guys in the kitchen were great fun to talk to. Red Bones, by Davis Square (in Cambridge, on the Red Line) has great ribs and atmosphere. The jerk beef is HOT, so beware...
If you are looking for good affordable live music, check out some of the music at Berklee. The Berklee Performance Center often hosts some pretty big names, but often there are some great student and faculty performances at the 921 Boylston building that are free.