You know in the Broadway song from Rent, "Season of Love," one of the characters crooned:
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee... How about love?
How about love of caffeine?
My winter break was measured in the times I drank mostly lattes, hanged out in various cafes, and chilaxed with friends and family...
-Green Tea latte* (dec. 15) good, homecoming, walking out of 30th station, waiting in bus stop
-Maple latte* (dec. 17) bland
-Eggnog latte* (dec. 18) too hot, but good, preparing for GRE
-Peppermint Hot Chocolate* (dec. 19) good
-White Chocolate Mocha* (dec. 20) good with tarragon chicken salad sandwich, GRE, south street
-Framboise (Bonte- dec. 20) good with belgian sugar waffle (next time chocolate and strawberry)
-Maple latte* (dec. 22) - bad/good, asks a question maybe mistaken Maple macchiato with Maple latte (three pumps of syrup), raining, city, eight and walnut
-Caramel Frappuccino* (dec. 24) good, Montgomery Ave. DRAMA, dunkin donut girl "Why Not", praying black man (bowed) 1:30 a.m.
-Soy Peppermint Mocha latte* (dec. 26) can't taste soy but felt it in my throat-itchy, laughing, doing 'stunts,' not so awkward- walking around taking pics, laughing about new jersey dude and situation, French crepes
-Maple Machiatto latte* (dec. 27) sweeter and better than the plain maple latte, stronger, received a gift, framed a lip stain, talked about life, future plans (keeping plans for self), ardmore
-Vanilla Italian Creme Soda (Milkboy- dec. 27) good, only $2.00 plus tax, scrible drawings
-Green Tea latte* (dec. 29) frothy, lots of green tea not diluted with enough milky type, Chinatown shopping, shiny stars, 42nd Street
-Cinnamon Dolce latte* (Jan. 5) okay, watched movies, Creative Writing- techno
-Maple Machiatto latte* (Jan. 9) with Whip Cream and drizzle of Maple sauce , not as sweet but still good, tarragon chicken salad sandwich, thrift store (children's books- to study and appreciate), gave form hs friend, talked about Grad school choices, and back up plans for no grad school, recap of trip to France- galit sa tito at tita, got magnets, forgot to ask about favorite, enlightening moments, briefly talked about high school- ranks, called Utah to confirm
-Americano expresso (The Walnut Bridge Cafe- Jan. 10) with a shot of Amoretti [mix of almond and apricot] with whole milk, stronger than coffee, Chocolate chocolate croissant, good, fluffy,, the chocolate is in stick and they're in the bottom, it's not like a choclate filled croissant- not shape like a moon either, like eating air with flavor, passed by xpn world cafe, small room with two couches, cold be sitting next to a stranger, comfy chairs but backless, went ice skating U Penn Skating Rink, UPenn already has classes, wondering what it's like to go to big university, Chinese in their groups- I like learning basic principles, next on my list is 'cross over' and edge skating- walked from University park from 40th street, rink closer to 30th street (Benjamin Franklin station-take the 44)- I didn't fall, which is good because I wasn't wearing gloves, my hands pretty numb- only realized this after entering the cafe-, glass fogged a bit, when trying to get money, fingers not so flexible, trying to warm itself, short lady (didn't see over the counter at first) enthusiastic to serve, lady with dog working for NBC, will meet Trump and people from the Grease Broadway Reality show next week in Colorado, art abstract, girl reading Italian text, fat guy reading, girl in computer with ipod, two girls talking about other people going out, getting drunk and leaving a party
-Green Tea Frappuccino* (Jan. 12) Pan's Labyrinth, good
-Mango latte (Joe's Cafe- Jan. 12) superhot, drank it while walking in walnut street towards Rtiz 5, to watch Perfume (think Victoria Secret fragrance and horror), continued working on short tale, I like mangoes but some fruits are not meant to be turned to lattes
-Homemade Vanilla latte (Ron's house- Jan. 13) took pictures, kids running around, talked about self-educated, diploma versus self-business, holding baby by the leg, spinning around, going for rides to fall asleep, watching deer at night in Fairmount park, one jealous, one energetic, one still unknown, expressionistique pictures, talked about starting own business versus working for someone else, what do you want to do- be a writer- it's little pay but enough, specialized coffee grinder, coffee oversees, expensive per pound, all kinds....
-Nothing (Ardmore- Jan. 15) Good luck party for new semester Lansdowne, watched Dreamgirls, Bagel Factory (Egg with Strawberry Creme Cheese)...
-Raspberry White Mocha* (Jan. 17)- just right, not too fruity, good blend of the white chocolate and raspberry, chilaxed at 8th and Walnut tried to work on more stories, but having a difficult time, did some free writing, ate at Mixx- Mochi Ice Cream, dancing eels, philly roll and Gyoza (pork), bought paper for stars, stuff for basket, and dreamgirls soundtrack
-Caramel Frappuccino* (Jan. 20)- good, with Aunty Anne's Almond pretzel, sat in University City, watched people go by- guy controling robots, people tossing football, bikers, people from around the world, runners, prior to this, watched a dance- discordant music- tribute to Scott Joplin- better and cheery, last day to pack, off to SHU the next day...
*Starbucks
Posted by Michael Diezmos at January 26, 2007 9:31 PMImpressive. Wow, you must have been buzzed for the entirety of break, Mike! Some of those sound really delicious, though.
Posted by: Karissa at January 27, 2007 4:53 PMsurprisingly I wasn't, I drank them during the day so by the time night came, I was ready to go to bed...at one point I think I drank a latte around 10 and I didn't get to sleep until 2 in the morning....
yeah they're delicious! :)
Posted by: mike d. at January 27, 2007 7:12 PM