2017 Coffeecatting "Challenge"

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January 8, 2017 at 6:10 pm #1062973

consularrider
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Hit the Cafe del Castillo in Oberursel this afternoon after playing in the snow on the Pugsley. They roast their own beans and the coffee was good, but no cats in sight.

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January 8, 2017 at 8:03 pm #1062985

Steve O
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Buzz Bakery in Ballston for a relaxing Sunday newspaper read.
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January 8, 2017 at 9:31 pm #1062991

Judd
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Doubled up on some doughnutneuring and coffeecatting at Sugar Shack in Alexandria with Komorebi.

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January 9, 2017 at 2:14 am #1063004

lordofthemark
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Best Buns. Coffee on a cold Wednesday last week. Friends. Bikes. Awesomeness.

January 9, 2017 at 2:28 am #1063005

streetsmarts
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To Mishas in Old Town after yoga and a short ride.

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January 9, 2017 at 2:42 am #1063007

Judd
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@lordofthemark 151767 wrote:

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Best Buns. Coffee on a cold Wednesday last week. Friends. Bikes. Awesomeness.

There I am on the left drinking coffee… Another point for Judd!

January 9, 2017 at 9:08 pm #1063077

consularrider
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Coffeecatting #2 – Creme kaffee at Hinnerbäker in Oberursel on my way back to Frankfurt after climbing Großser Feldberg. Standard machine brew.
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January 11, 2017 at 2:43 pm #1063224

secstate
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I stopped into Bourbon Coffee off the L Street cycletrack to tank up on caffeine before the opening happy hour. I rarely go for fancy drinks but have somehow been feeling rather calorie deprived since Jan. 1, so I ordered a dark mocha and an “everything” scone.

Bourbon is one of my favorite downtown coffeeshops — always a good variety of people in there holding business meetings, sneaking some time in away from the cubicles, working remotely, or just burning time. They have a good range of seating options: sofas, window counters, and tables. The coffee is good, too.

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January 13, 2017 at 2:33 pm #1063699

lordofthemark
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#2 A try for negative points. Sad desk coffee.

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It is “Asperetto” and was prepared at the USDOT cafeteria. Where it was roasted, someone in procurement at Sodexo knows. For further shame, it is “french vanilla”.

At least it’s not Starbucks.

January 14, 2017 at 3:13 am #1063835

bikenurse
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Double coffeecatting today: French press something Central American deliciousness at Board and Brew followed by an espresso and pastry at Vigilante. Channeling my inner Bruno Moore

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January 14, 2017 at 7:37 pm #1063889

lordofthemark
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Agudas Achim.

No picture. Its shabbat. I mean really, its bad enough I discreetely start Strava outside shul. You want I should take a photo at kiddush?

But coffee. I mean there are times (as all who have struggled with faith can attest) that you don’t really have the inspiration to head out to worship. Sometimes the motive to go is to socialize (as the joke goes, Levine, asked why he goes to shul every week even though he is an atheist, responds – “Goldberg goes to talk to God, I go to talk to Goldberg”) but sometimes that is not enough either. But at AAC, there is the coffee (and yes, the loophole around shabbot restrictions involves heating the water before shabbat and keeping it warm, which allows brewing on shabbat, IIUC) Pretty good coffee. Get out of bed on a nasty morning coffee.

And today, for added awesomeness (and inspiration) there was a college a capella group. And thanks to the Bar Mitzvah family, there was whitefish salad. Whitefish salad on a bagel. Coffee. A wet bike ride home. Awesomeness.

January 14, 2017 at 10:16 pm #1063910

Bruno Moore
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I assume that biking doesn’t count as rolling on Shabbos—least of all if you’re on one of these?

January 15, 2017 at 12:55 am #1063925

lordofthemark
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@Brünø Moore 152720 wrote:

I assume that biking doesn’t count as rolling on Shabbos—least of all if you’re on one of these?

Not to put myself forth as an expert on Jewish law (halacha) but I do have an interest in the halacha of biking.
The forbidden activity is “carrying”. It is not permitted to carry an item outside an enclosed place on shabbat. But in that I am just as much in violation carrying an umbrella, or keys in my pocket. Someone driving a car is both carrying and igniting combustion, and is definitely in violation. My movement, Conservative Judaism, decades ago explicitly allowed driving for those who live outside walking distance of a synagogue. Given that, and that biking is clearly a lesser violation than driving, I feel fine biking to shul. Of course if I were more observant I would not post on shabbat. Someday.

January 15, 2017 at 5:58 pm #1063961

kwarkentien
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Not sure what I’m supposed to do to claim my “points” but here’s my multi challenge entry doughneuring/coffeeneuring/sockneuring with bonus inaugural-themed donut.

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January 16, 2017 at 1:52 am #1064009

bikenurse
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Today’s coffee ride to Vigilante for a lovely latte and an acai bowl (no bananas. I hate bananas). And an Astro donut that Millie shared. Apple cheesecake donut. So good.

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