Sunday, February 1, 2009
Sunday, November 2, 2008
halloween
everyone loves a halloween post.
what's not to love about dressing up, going to parties, and eating like a pig? we didn't get a ton of trick-or-treaters this year, so the kids who came to our house after 8pm had the ultimate treat experience - we were literally dumping candy into their bags. with one pair of sisters, brian said, "dig in," and did they ever. their faces were classic. we still have quite a lot left. hmm. guess we'll have to eat it. we had friends over - we had some pertinent information to announce, which i am not at liberty to post on the internet at this time - so the few kids we did have were greeted enthusiastically with cheers and "yay! spiderman's here to save us!"
what's not to love about dressing up, going to parties, and eating like a pig? we didn't get a ton of trick-or-treaters this year, so the kids who came to our house after 8pm had the ultimate treat experience - we were literally dumping candy into their bags. with one pair of sisters, brian said, "dig in," and did they ever. their faces were classic. we still have quite a lot left. hmm. guess we'll have to eat it. we had friends over - we had some pertinent information to announce, which i am not at liberty to post on the internet at this time - so the few kids we did have were greeted enthusiastically with cheers and "yay! spiderman's here to save us!"
Friday, October 31, 2008
some better results at home :)
So, now that I have 99% of what I need to make espresso that I am happy with, and spent plenty of time understanding how finicky our machine is when it comes to steaming... I've finally managed a couple of pours that are WAY better than anything I ever did while working at delicious:
This is a heart from a couple of days ago. I was really happy with this one!
Here's a sort of failed tulip. I didn't make it tall enough, but I still think that it looks cool.
The most interesting aspect of all this latte pouring is that once I scored some proper cups, it all became much easier! For whatever reason, the shallow bowl shape of a demitasse cup really encourages the correct action in the cup. I guess that means all the time I spent struggling with regular shaped coffee cups paid off after all! The best part about all of this is that not only are these coffees nice-looking, they are extremely tasty :)
I've also managed to find some really decent local-ish beans, which is nice. These guys started their business in Wilmington, NC and have since branched out with a bunch of franchises. I don't really trust the people that work at the shops to make me anything drinkable, but at $10/pound, I'll buy my beans from them any day. There is a new shop opening a few miles from our house as well, so it will even be a convenient place to stop. Their beans are certainly not much when compared to the ones that I ordered from Counter Culture a few weeks ago, but I'd say for half the price, Port City Java is doing a pretty bang-up job.
This is a heart from a couple of days ago. I was really happy with this one!
Here's a sort of failed tulip. I didn't make it tall enough, but I still think that it looks cool.
The most interesting aspect of all this latte pouring is that once I scored some proper cups, it all became much easier! For whatever reason, the shallow bowl shape of a demitasse cup really encourages the correct action in the cup. I guess that means all the time I spent struggling with regular shaped coffee cups paid off after all! The best part about all of this is that not only are these coffees nice-looking, they are extremely tasty :)
I've also managed to find some really decent local-ish beans, which is nice. These guys started their business in Wilmington, NC and have since branched out with a bunch of franchises. I don't really trust the people that work at the shops to make me anything drinkable, but at $10/pound, I'll buy my beans from them any day. There is a new shop opening a few miles from our house as well, so it will even be a convenient place to stop. Their beans are certainly not much when compared to the ones that I ordered from Counter Culture a few weeks ago, but I'd say for half the price, Port City Java is doing a pretty bang-up job.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Go Obama!
So, I spent my afternoon/evening canvassing door-to-door in East Greensboro for the Obama campaign. I was paired with a friend of a friend, and we were out there trying to educate folks about early voting. I got some cool stickers, and a sense of being part of it all - pretty neat. They still need LOTS of volunteers.
If you are in Greensboro and reading this, and have some time to give, call Meredith at 336.624.9450 - they need people to do more canvassing, make phone calls, drive people to their polling places, etc.
VOTE FOR CHANGE!
If you are in Greensboro and reading this, and have some time to give, call Meredith at 336.624.9450 - they need people to do more canvassing, make phone calls, drive people to their polling places, etc.
VOTE FOR CHANGE!
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