Getting to know the differences between light, medium, and dark roasts can help coffee lovers make choices about what they consume as it relates to caffeine and flavor as well as appreciate the unique characteristics each roast offers. One common misconception about dark roast coffee is that it has higher caffeine content. In fact, dark […]
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I think I can count the number of museums that I visited in 2024 on one hand. I suppose that if I included libraries and gardens in that figure, I might extend a few more fingers. Still, it’s not a sum of which I am proud. Whenever I make up my mind to go to
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I held onto my Nokia cell phone until it basically dissolved in my hand. Having observed people staring into their smartphones in a sort of hypnotic state I didn’t want to join the club. But it’s a big club and you must join. I wound up getting an iPhone 13, and Jane added Facebook and
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I’m on a field trip to the Cloisters with the senior center. I have not been here in 50 years, like before I moved to New York. It’s so quiet and meditative here inside a medieval monastery. I love this atmosphere and feel transported back to the Middle Ages. I’m time travelling back to an
A Visit to the Cloisters Transformed Me: A Winter Fantasy Read More »
Shortly after I had been offered my own column (Drinking with Katherine) in this newspaper, I told some of my friends and family about it. Punctuation was lacking in their replies, as it often is via text, but enthusiasm was not: “Oh my god Katherine that’s perfect,” “THIS IS AMAZING NEWS,” and simply “10000000%.” My
Drinking with Katherine: Sophies Read More »
Porto Rico Coffee is one of those places that makes you feel good the second you walk in the door. A coffee (and tea) classic for New Yorkers who have a big love for a Cup O’ Joe. Porto Rico’s flagship location on Bleecker Street is the first stop for many of us downtown dwellers
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About 35 minutes into Michael Fiore’s documentary Veselka: The Rainbow On the Corner at the Center of the World, Ukrainian members of the restaurant staff hustle to get food to customers. As they do, they talk about their boss, Veselka owner Jason Birchard, and his ability to communicate in their language. When Fiore asks one
Just last summer, a global NGO named Food Tank wrote about community gardens in their newsletter. “Urban agriculture offers a multitude of economic and environmental benefits to New York City that are overlooked. When properly resourced, it can be utilized as a framework to achieve food justice and create a more sustainable food system rooted
Community gardeners rally at City Hall, by George Fiala Read More »
Introduction “Fishes, Purple,Tiny…a “60s tale” is a somewhat anthropological snapshot of a time before the digital revolution of computers and cell phones. Today’s reader may find it hard to imagine a world with only 5 tv channels, milk deliveries, and neighbors whom you knew. People of this era would never walk while they drank coffee,
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THE RACE IS ON I moved to Venice yesterday. A woman smiled at me as I walked into Café Gratitude. I bought a pyrite crystal at a yoga center on Lincoln I happened by on my walk home. Pyrite is supposed to be a protective stone, blocking out negative energies and repairing any tears in
Fragments of life, Short Stories by Joe Caccamo Read More »
