Saturday, June 07, 2003


rats

the rain was so horrendous this afternoon that even the rats at the essex street market on delancey looked miserable as they huddled under the dumpster by the subway stairs.

i was of course running late to have my eyebrows done by christine, who alone is able to coax perfection from them. as i dashed up rivington -- you are never never never late for christine -- i passed paul's, opposite moby's teany. (i love moby, but no offense: you're not gonna catch me in a tea-only joint any time soon. . .)

paul's has a beautiful antique chrome elektra 2-group espresso machine and i thought about dropping in just long enough to get a macchiato to go. i turned to cross the threshhold -- until i saw the portafilters lying about, cold, on the counter.

so disappointing! i did a quick turn again on my heel and off down the street in the downpour. you'll be pleased to know i actually made it 5 minutes early. . .

why? again my heart cries why? what does it take to teach people to be baristas in this town?

all pbtc (person-behind-the-counter) types should be forced by a mayoral act to attend a real coffee training workshop! who would want to be a mere pbtc when you could actually transform yourself in to genuine barista?

why do baristas get so little respect? we coffee lovers must let coffeeshop owners know the value of hiring or creating real baristas!

speaking of coffee training -- 14 people have now reserved for the scaa nyc membership event at dallis coffee on june 28. you can still make it if you email me soon to reserve your space. . .

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