Category Archives: Starbucks

Table For Three?

   I’ve come to resent the phone, how they’ve taken over the earth like aliens from another planet.   Between dodging those scrolling in your path, to no one paying attention to anything but Facebook, I’ve had it.  But what … Continue reading

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Caffeinated Observations

Tuesday  11:00 a.m.   Starbucks   I just had to get out and due to icy streets, couldn’t go far.   But being the optimist, am just happy to be here armed with my notebook and a Venti Latte courtesy … Continue reading

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When You Want To Smack Mother Nature

It feels as if I’m trapped in a snow globe, or under house arrest since the city is paralyzed.    I keep staring out the window looking for a sign of life that’s as still as a Currier and Ives … Continue reading

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There’s Snow Place Like Home

Monday  New York City looks like the aftermath of a wild party…snow banks on every corner, ice making walking risky, yet the sidewalks are still packed with people charging like bulls.  It takes me twice the time to get to … Continue reading

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Give Us Our Daily Dread

Starbucks 88th and Third   2 p.m.     BIRR and then some. The cold kept me in until I couldn’t stand it anymore, cabin fever setting in. My plan was to go further than the corner, but the wind … Continue reading

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Observations

  I’m in Starbucks eavesdropping.    It’s the day after the election so it’s interesting what I’m hearing and in this case, seeing.    There’s an old geezer in a Fuck Mamdini hoodie, a MAGA button pinned to the front … Continue reading

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Observations

   I’m walking up Lexington Avenue. I’ve learned when feeling low, go out.   Or as they say in 12 Step…move a muscle, change a thought.   It’s colder than I thought so I’ve been weaving in and out of … Continue reading

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Boobs In A Venti cup

   Starbucks  Mid Afternoon  Every time I vow to drink less coffee, drink more.  Never fails.  Doesn’t it keep you awake? I’m often asked. Nope. I could have a latte seconds before closing my eyes like it was warm milk … Continue reading

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Life In The Tropics

  92 degrees   If there was ever a time I’d opt to go topless, it’s now.   A friend called to meet him in the Park around noon, and after I said…ARE YOU CRAZY? ran to the nearest Starbucks … Continue reading

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Starbucks On Ice

  It’s 92 degrees out, a coat the last thing you’d grab leaving the house.    As I wait for my Latte think, you can hang meat in here. Luckily I have a sweater tied around my waist, more of … Continue reading

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