I do realize the contradiction of naming a site awful coffee and having only positive things to say about the coffee I talk about. This site isn’t a place to dish on coffee I think is crap, there’s plenty of hate out there for things that don’t necessarily deserve it. Everyone’s got an opinion about something and the internet is a sounding board for that opinion, unfortunately most of the time it’s a negative one, and poorly written at that.
I’ve added a couple of things to the sidebar to make it easier to track my coffee findings, along with what I’m drinking right now. I do try to find new coffee when I can and always give it a fair shake when I do. My primary brewing method is a Chemex which I highly recommend. I brew using filtered water via a Brita filter. My grinder is a KitchenAid A-9 which has done me well but I am looking to upgrade in the near future as it simply won’t do a good fine espresso grind and it’s messy as hell.
I’ve educated myself about coffee a bit as well. I’ve done a couple tastings, both by Intelligentsia coffee and they gave me a few good things to look out for when buying coffee that have proved right every time. In the end, I just love drinking coffee and I drink a lot of it, black as midnight on a moonless night. And yes, I’m a sucker for donuts and pie.
I’m interested to know how many dads became the stay-at-home kind in the past couple years. Although I’m now no longer the daily daddy I once was due to a new job, I’m sure if things were slightly different that it wouldn’t have been a poor choice to have me be exactly that. I’m pretty domestic and the wife has a very promising career ahead of her. Plus, I’m nuts about my son, he’s just a lot of fun to be around.
With that, things aren’t slightly different and I find myself back in the daily grind. It’s a difficult situation for me right now, I’m coming off a full year of watching my first child grow, turn one-year-old and I’ve been affected by that in a way I didn’t expect. The notion of spending time away from the family when I’ve got a full year of emotional growth behind it is hard to get past. I’m happy with my current situation and am glad things turned out well considering this year might have been difficult in a few ways, but the sacrifice isn’t easy.
Indeed, the time away from home makes the time spent at home sweeter and definitely gives me something to look forward to. The warmer weather is already starting to give a glimpse of how much fun this summer will really be.
Found a really great place to go for lunch near my office today. It’s called l’eiffel bistro and creperie, also an Absinthe bar. I’ll admit my curiosity towards Absinthe, especially since becoming legal here in the US, but I didn’t have enough time to try it, another night perhaps.
The room is really nice, older looking tile flooring and really nice woodwork throughout. The bartender was nice and attentive, but really stood out for me was the bread. The roll that was brought out before the meal should have been framed and hung on a wall, it was beautiful. Delicious and beautiful.
Apparently, they make all their bread in-house and the bakers trained for some time in France. I’m curious to know more about the place and will be back for certain. Anxious to try their dinner menu, non crepe items look tasty. Will report back with findings!
I’ve been digging into the cd archives a bit lately, something I do from time to time when I’m feeling nostalgic. I cleaned up a bit this weekend and wound up dusting off the stereo, a sure fire trigger to get me digging in the basement.
Found some Judybats, Bettie Serveert, Sugar, Lush, Hüsker Dü, Dinosaur Jr. and a lot of the music that XRT played when I was growing up—the good stuff. The experience of looking through my music is a bit of a whirlwind and usually fills my head with ideas of how I’m going to organize everything and make digital copies of it that’ll be pumped through the house from a very underutilized bank of servers. Hell I might even be able to get one of my personal web site projects launched once that’s done.
It’s my front lawn! I’m a lover of winter weather, I could easily do with six months of winter and six months of summer—and that summer could have a high temperature of 55 degrees. I think I like winter mostly because I HATE hot weather, especially humid hot weather. There’s really just nothing fun about it for me. I also grew up skiing and sledding a lot, winter’s just always been my favorite time of year. Given that we’ve had a particularly snowy winter this year I’m pretty sure I’ve had my fill of it and the sight of a dormant lawn peeking through the melting snow has me pretty jazzed. It’ll be interesting to see how many of the projects I’ve got set aside for myself are completed and how many I decide can wait until whenever, meaning never.
Excited about getting a new bike, too. Ever since I had my Gary Fisher Aquila swiped from my back porch while living on Crystal I’ve wanted to replace it, probably with another Fisher but I’m open to other brands. Gonna head back to the Bike Rack and see what they can do for me. Every bike I’ve ever purchased with my own money has been from there, why break tradition? Besides, they’re nice folks and have good bikes, I’m sure I can find something.
Going back for the second week of my new gig tomorrow. I like the place, the people are friendly, the workspace is nice and it’s close to home. It’s odd how important that last part is to me, but not that weird since I miss my family when I’m gone.
Getting a few shipments this week. Some lovely coffee from 49th parallel. I wonder how many people are now in love with their coffee since the olympics? It’ll also be interesting to compare it to the recent Intelli roasts that I’ve been drinking.
Also some more Ruby and Rails references making their way as well. Haven’t done much tinkering with the Rails 3 beta, probably best to polish my Rails 2 skills first. So many projects lined up!
That last one is Charlie’s fault. For a somewhat spaztic kid’s show it’s god some good music sometimes. Although they’re usually singing about bananas or feet or something.
Recently built a web site for my wife, who is a lovely and talented commercial illustrator. Uses a couple different jQuery-based galleries and simple typography. Have a look.
