chocolate cake at teak
so after various computer-related disasters, i got finished with my first day in manila only slightly scathed and immediately suggested to my colleagues that we try the chocolate cake at teak. well, she seemed to like it. . .
the version i got of this to
manila: chain coffee
so this morning i wake up in manila, which is not something i thought i'd ever say, much more less be able to say it. luckily i had no coffee problems: i just brewed up a nice bit of jessica marshall's batdorf el salvador c.o.e., the santa julia, in my tr
with coffee and a laptop
leaving for asia on the spur of the moment isn't my normal habit, but luckily the hotel in manila offers yoga. what a relief!
manila appears to be the province of a thousand mermaids -- coffee culture is taking all asia by storm -- so i bit the bullet an
instant karma
and on extremely short notice, dear readers, i am instantly leaving for manila. it's a 25-hr. flight.
somewhere there must be coffee, bread, and chocolate. . .i will find it! i will bring my own yoga cd.
and i will try to post as often as possible. so
mark bittman, i'd have thought you'd known better. . .
funny enough my stats are filled today with people searching for jim lahey's sullivan st. bread recipe vaguely detailed in mark bittman's article in the nytimes today.
now i normally like mark bittman, but he does have this one flaw -- he is so convinced
more espresso from mark at taylormaid
and another long-time bccy pal, the scaa board member mark inman of taylormaid, rides to the rescue with a care package of beans! mark so sweetly sends his cute yellow cans (recyclable, of course!) of espresso a and 0.
thanks muchly mark! devoted readers
peter g's counterculture holiday blend
peter g. of counterculture kindly saw that i was once again running low on beans and so sent me his new holiday blend, roast-dated the 2nd. an interesting thing about this coffee is that part of the proceeds go to buy cows for people in rwanda.
since pet
the vibiemme: pump mystery explained
so i was talking to my macbook pro the other day -- i'm totally rocking out on this concept of voice computing -- and i blogged about this pump mystery i had found with the vibiemme domobar super electronic, a.k.a. caesar.
anyway, the ever-awesome jim p.
