A Rail Trail from the Valley to Boston–It’s Coming!
Christina Uss writes in the Republican Weekend edition about the 104-mile rail trail, that will someday connect Boston with the Valley. It’s a struggle all right, since the hurricane in 1938 that scuttled the rails that put the Mass Central out of business, and left the tracks to rot. Over […]
Packing Peanuts that Melt in the Sink
Today we recieved a big box from espresso parts.com, they had sent us some new china cups and some cute little espresso spoons. We are glad that now we can finally offer customers real china cups to sip from. But the part that amazed me was that the box was […]
Splogs: Blogging’s Evil Twin
Wired magazine’s Charles C. Mann writes about Splogs in the September issue. A grim tally: more than half of the 10 million blogs in creation are actually these fake blogs, using snippets of unintelligible text scraped from legitimate blogs and books, just there to reap click through revenues from Google […]
Lap Dancer Job Listing Causes Furor in Scotland
Tidbits from a day on the web and at the cafe: The Scotsman reports today about an uproar caused by a job center in Edinburgh that has advertised a job as a lapdancer as a city nightclub. The job description states that the successful applicant will have to perform duties […]
Big Ole Bowls of Steaming Coffee at Jack and Luna’s
Today we visited another internet cafe in Ulster County NY. This one was light filled and airy, and was called Jack and Luna’s cafe. They served a breakfast panini, which feels like a way to charge much more for a grilled version of our egg sandwich that we sell at […]
Now That’s a Cool Car!
I met my friend Todd Adelson yesterday, he was kind enough to bring me my new order of embroidered shirts for GoNOMAD. He zoomed up to meet me in a white Porsche, (a silver one is seen here), one of the nicest, fastest and coolest cars you can buy. I […]
Friday is a Day People Want Lots of Coffee
A wickedly good Friday at the cafe. Maybe it’s that pre-holiday buzz, that feeling of excitement and anticipation of a relaxing labor day weekend. Kristin, one of our regular customers, said she hoped it would rain. “I don’t feel well, and the house needs to be cleaned, so I’d love […]
