blazers
Tomato Bob
Ever since Kyle moved to Seattle, I’m finding myself with spare pocket money. We had a happy habit of post-work beers at the Clinton Street Pub. Now that he’s gone though, I’ve found something new […]
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Coffee
Thanks for the memories, Mr. Peet
I’m almost a week late writing this small tribute to Mr. Alfred Peet, who died at his home in Ashland, Ore., on Wednesday, August 29. I was born in Berkeley, Calif., in 1973, to hippies […]
Cafés
Espresso Parts & Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.
After a great time hanging with my friends at Batdorf & Bronson in Olympia — which was followed by a tee-rific lunch at Water Street (bomb pomme frites), Stephanie and Heather, both of Batdorf, took […]
Cafés
Batdorf & Bronson rock Atlanta
I just got back from a whirlwind trip up the road to Olympia (to see my friends at Batdorf & Bronson, where I did a photo shoot for the October/November issue of Barista Magazine; I […]
Coffee
One Brit + One Norwegian + One Irishman = One Square Mile
It was really fun having James and Anette and Stephen in Portland during their rock star tour of West Coast coffee scenes earlier this summer. Here we all are hanging with Michael Brooks at the […]
Movies
Here's a 25-year-old Hawaiian Organ Donor
It was a bit overcast in Portland today, and we’d finished a bit of wedding planning work, a perfect excuse to see a movie Sarah and I have been waiting for all summer. We loved […]
Barista Magazine
Editorial Advisory Posse
You may recall my editor’s letter in the June/July ’07 issue of Barista Magazine in which I said thank you and goodbye to our original editorial advisory board. They were an awesome group, and I […]
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Matt Milletto & Kylene Elms Get Hitched
Yesterday, August 11, was an awesome day. Loads of great people gathered to witness the marriage of Matt Milletto (of Bellissimo and the American Barista & Coffee School fame) and the beautiful Kylene Elms, whom […]
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The Jon Lewis Issue
Holy cow, could the WBC be any more exciting? I don’t know about you, but I’ve been glued to my computer watching performances on zacharyzachary.com, reading Ken’s posts on this blog, watching a bizarre and […]
WBC Japan 2007
23 competitors, 9 hours, 1 day
Well the sun has set here in Tokyo, and Day One of the 2007 WBC has drawn to a close, and I feel like there’s only one word to describe it all: Unbelievable! No really, […]