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For an opinionated woman such as I, blogging is an excellent outlet. This is one of many fori that I use to bloviate. Enjoy! Comment on my commentary.

Touring

And now for lunch: Tacombi is a popular Mexican casual spot on 70th off 3rd.
Julien Boulangerie is taking over on the East Side. This very welcoming one is at 3rd and 72nd.
The “art of” genre can be cute when it’s not menancing.
Bus seats keep changing and staying the same.
Old-timey realtor Copperwood always gets my attention.
They’re starting the “demo” as in knock-down phase for a MEGA Project on 1st and 86th-85th.
I’ve written about the “sharled DNA” of plots of buildings. I mean that they shared a builder who put up 3 or 5 adjacent dwellings back in the day. In the course of renovation, someone chose to preserve more similarities than differences. The details in the design, the facade, the brickwork point to one developer or another circa late 1800s[?]. Any given block may have been developed by several designers, of course.
East End Avenue was quiet enough to allow me to photograph from mid-street. Would not have even thought of venturing onto the FDR.

Caffeine

This coffee was so bitter and disappointing that it had no room for redemption. It should have gone straight to the husgow, instead I spent $3.05 for this awful cup of coffee. Serves me right: should have asked for a taste before purchase.

On the other hand coffee here at the Green Bean is always fresh and delicious.

The criminal enterprise that was TFG’s WH has roots here in NYC from whence TFG sprang. The con is to some extent on us: “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.”

Houses of worship

Not a participant or attendant [and certainly not a believer] but I appreciate that these structures are also all around us.

This little house of worship is a post script to the other neighborhood photos I took.

Haunts and P.O.V.s

Facing towards East End Avenue
A quiet garden in which to drink coffee
It’s picturesque when you can peak over & between buildings
An ordinary street? Yes but this is NYC so nothing is ordinary
I don’t find this an impressive structure. Do you?
This diner closed years ago
This joint is called Speakeasy.
Le Moulin does a lot of tongue in cheeky things.

Ye Ole Coffee Trail

A coffee house I intend to visit.

There was a #coffee theme I followed for sometime on my SidewalkSuperBlog that I may as well resume here.

You might say we’re back on the coffee trail. Crawling about looking for the best coffees in town.

My stroll today was on the Westside and took me to a small chainlet I encountered somewhere before. Encountered but did not yet test.

Blank Street [cute, huh? perhaps too cute?] gave me the richest and heartiest cappuccino ever.

Quibble… yes, their small cappuccino was a double espresso sized 6 ounce cup. Compliment… yes, I couldn’t get enough of the foam which was as full-bodied as the coffee portion of my little treat.

For the sake of comparison, and to be companionable after a lovely lunch, I ordered another (decaf this time) at Nice Matin. Blank Street set a high bar, but my after meal drink was excellent [if not quite as robust.]