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Archive for June, 2008
caribou coffee.
Jun 17th
I’m sitting in a Caribou Coffee now.
This place may be one of the best chain coffee shops there is. Their coffee is pretty good, the iced coffee is cold brewed, and their iced tea is surprisingly good that I find myself ordering that fairly often.
The Caribou Coffee nearby my office used to be my little lunch hang-out spot. I’d grab something to eat real quick, head to Caribou with a book, and drain my lunch break poured over a book and a cup of coffee. It’s a nice change from a desk and a screen.
Well, I took a little break from my lunch routine for a few weeks just because it got a little busy at work, but when I showed up at my lunch-time hide-out, there was an immediate sense of distance, rather than coming back to a familiar home. The signage was gone. There weren’t any cars in the parking lot. Then it struck me – they closed down. All in a matter of weeks. I had to suck it up and go to Starbucks.
There’s another Caribou closer to where I live, near Toco Hills. That’s where I’m at right now. I guess there’s some amount of karma involved, since I was greeted by signs indicating the newly-established 24-hour-ness of the place to appease the emotional anguish from losing the other one. Where was this when I was in college? Though, with all the studying I’ve been doing lately, I kind of feel like I’m back in college. Well, not really, since I didn’t study nearly this much in college.
Some grad student just came by to ask me to fill out a survey for her research. She, like a lot of other random girls coming through here tonight, is actually pretty easy on the eyes. I wonder when Emory starts up again…
update.
Jun 6th
Whoa, it’s been over a month.
Not a lot has gone on. Work has kept me busy enough where I haven’t even thought about posting. Actually, that’s a lie. I thought about posting a lot. In fact, I wish you could see the slew of half-written posts that have been abandoned for an undetermined amount of time. Maybe I’ll finish some eventually.
Regardless, summer is in full swing. We’re in the 90′s temperature-wise, and the compelling urge to cook outside is starting to flutter its wings. This weekend will be as good as any to kick off the outdoor cooking season.
To celebrate, I’ve spent the past week frantically searching for parts for my makeshift smoker. After searching every home improvement store in the area, I finally found adequate parts for my own terra cotta smoker. Pictures forthcoming. I also picked up a 6 lb brisket last night. At an estimated 8-10 hour cook time, I will spend tomorrow nursing over my slab of cow while watching movies and firing up the Wii for the first time in weeks. If this brisket test run is successful, next weekend will be ribs! Hang on, the drool is starting to flood the keyboard.
Also, now with the imminent demise of Ringo, it looks like everyone is flocking to Flickr. I actually like Flickr, though it doesn’t have that nice feed that Ringo has. I wonder if I can write my own feed generator with the Flickr API. Maybe that’s what I’ll spend Saturday doing.
By the way, you can find me on Flickr under georgechang.