tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post2197672287982157933..comments2024-02-24T19:56:15.236-08:00Comments on heckasac: dear sacbeebecklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09488884204422943486noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-47959200320535390312008-12-12T13:09:00.000-08:002008-12-12T13:09:00.000-08:00i'm not fluent anymore but my accent is still real...i'm not fluent anymore but my accent is still really convincing. i could certainly teach you any of the most important phrases you'd need to know and give you an idea of what to expect if you go to Paris. you've still got my email right?<BR/><BR/>aliceAlicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07471246758849988846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-26904016580405458962008-12-12T12:14:00.000-08:002008-12-12T12:14:00.000-08:00I made my semi-annual trip to the Arden Fair Mall ...I made my semi-annual trip to the Arden Fair Mall to shop for gifts for my family members who don't like gifts with any kinda personality, and I made two delightful discoveries. (1) Brands other than New Balance are making men's athletic shoes that are basic and monochromatic again, and (2) The man working at the Rosetta Stone kiosk/cart looked every bit like an outta-work college professor. He looked just like the bust of Berlioz above the toilet at the DAM House. I am zero percent exaggerating!DJ Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192376447889019598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-62139193878086827372008-12-12T10:20:00.000-08:002008-12-12T10:20:00.000-08:00I adore smelling the coffee roasting at Naked roas...I adore smelling the coffee roasting at Naked roasters on Mondays. It reminds me of the smell New Helvetia's roasting in downtown's heyday*<BR/><BR/>Gbomb<BR/><BR/>*Back when we still called it downtown, not midtown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-75062524621203549482008-12-11T18:27:00.000-08:002008-12-11T18:27:00.000-08:00Jumpstart's good, but I love Naked coffee. We usu...Jumpstart's good, but I love Naked coffee. We usually buy our whole beans at the roasters off Broadway, but I also like just sitting down for a cup at Tupelo (or if you must be on the grid, at Naked Lounge). <BR/><BR/>I can never find what I want on Sacbee.com. I still subscribe though, and I'm not even in the AARP.Count Mockulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912128943502704921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-60219595487958753882008-12-11T15:12:00.000-08:002008-12-11T15:12:00.000-08:00All the years combined bro, all the years combined...All the years combined bro, all the years combined.<BR/><BR/>-millerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-24615247969116950012008-12-11T09:30:00.000-08:002008-12-11T09:30:00.000-08:00You have tried the Dark Star Bro! You were just to...You have tried the Dark Star Bro! You were just too caught up the magic of now to remember the coffee that was then, but really think about it, isn't then just another way to say now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-66316522318025593742008-12-11T09:27:00.000-08:002008-12-11T09:27:00.000-08:00How have I not tried the Dark Star?-millerHow have I not tried the Dark Star?<BR/><BR/>-millerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-82111934020922392782008-12-10T23:43:00.000-08:002008-12-10T23:43:00.000-08:00Personally I prefer the Dark Star at Coffeeworks. ...Personally I prefer the Dark Star at Coffeeworks. My coffee-snob former barista friends, that's all they drink. My other "coffee my mouth thanks me for giving it the ability to taste" coffee is the Sulawesi Kalossi from William Glen. I only buy it like twice a year and then hold onto its fleeting $12 a pound memory for five months when I run out.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, the new Bee web format is far less readable than the old one. The old one, I'd actually flip through and read more stories after finished with one. This one, too much of a pain to find anything, I'd just rather not know.wburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-58746001005008883132008-12-10T19:02:00.000-08:002008-12-10T19:02:00.000-08:00AGREED (about the Bee). The same stories appear da...AGREED (about the Bee). The same stories appear day after day...boring....<BR/><BR/>-Dave and LoisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-56558498292103048092008-12-10T12:30:00.000-08:002008-12-10T12:30:00.000-08:00Sorry to ignore your Jumpstart comment JM-- I enjo...Sorry to ignore your Jumpstart comment JM-- I enjoy jumpstart, but it was never awesome enough to make me think about it outside of my regular visits to Coffeeworks. On the other hand, I'll actually make a special trip to Sargents or Temple. <BR/><BR/>it's interesting to think of someone yearning for the java city weatherstone -- I always remember the old piano-in-the-corner pre JC weatherstone most fondly.<BR/><BR/>-omfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-85035504527220528312008-12-10T10:04:00.000-08:002008-12-10T10:04:00.000-08:00I can't tell if anyone had tasted the jumpstart. ...I can't tell if anyone had tasted the jumpstart. IT's just so dang good. I'm only going to drink it now as special treat, so I don't get jaded about it. It has this almost sweet/berry aftertaste, and kinda like wine it gives you different intensities of flavors as it rolls over your tongue.<BR/><BR/>nick, I saw yr article about old soul and went to try the coffee last week or so, but I was so despondent about the renovations that had been done to the weatherstone I couldn't enjoy my beverage. That open space feeling works well at the temple, for example (nobody knows what I'm talking about here, do they?), but at the weatherstone/oldsoul it feels empty and stark. It has that feeling like when you were a little kid, and you have to move from the house you've lived in since you were a baby, and you walk through all the empty rooms and say goodbye to them, but it no longer feels like home because all the stuff has been packed up and taken away. that's the way I feel at least.Jeff M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04846971323356895103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-71984221051569828782008-12-10T01:22:00.000-08:002008-12-10T01:22:00.000-08:00http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/03/broiled-pizza.h...http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/03/broiled-pizza.html<BR/><BR/>-josh niceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-856905591196179912008-12-10T01:02:00.000-08:002008-12-10T01:02:00.000-08:00I get green coffee beans from Sweet Marias in Oakl...I get green coffee beans from Sweet Marias in Oakland <A HREF="http://www.sweetmarias.com/" REL="nofollow">www.sweetmarias.com</A><BR/><BR/>It's got great coffee. You can roast coffee beans in a hot air popcorn popper to your taste. I also have an Italian coffee pot that makes a neat sort of espresso. This seems crazy coming from me since I eat cold cans of soup since it's too much trouble to put it in a microwave. <BR/><BR/>For the Bee, if you get Firefox (which is a great faster and less of a security risk browser), you can download Ad Block Plus which removes ads. It makes going through the Bee (and most sites) much easier. I don't know your IT department so I don't know if you can do that at work. <BR/><BR/>The Bee, like most newspapers, still haven't figured out that they need to improve local news and make it easy to find. AP news is everywhere and free. Papers are still living in the 90s. Kicking out dough for investigative news is great, because that's what'll bring you back to their site. <BR/><BR/>Either way, the Bee and printed news are doomed because they're dumb and ignored the glacier coming at them for the last 15 years. I stole the glacier comment from someone much smarter than me. <BR/><BR/>Mainstream news won't face up that Craigslist would strip their goldmine of classifieds away. Much like the Big Three not realizing that years of planned obsolence and crap cars might turn away loyal customers.<BR/><BR/>Rah bah bah. tl;drarchbishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06224372289724340536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-21240407076332518332008-12-10T01:01:00.000-08:002008-12-10T01:01:00.000-08:00rosetta stone rules! best way to learn a language...rosetta stone rules! best way to learn a language outside of total immersion. if you know anyone in one of the bootlegging countries (thailand is where i saw it), you can get a DVD of all the rosetta stone language programs for like 5 bucks. wish i'd bought one now.<BR/><BR/>chapstickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-17089602622988965192008-12-09T17:01:00.000-08:002008-12-09T17:01:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.gee whzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371706306217672640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-89834988228327196472008-12-09T16:36:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:36:00.000-08:00i know, i was about to go to sargents, but then wh...i know, i was about to go to sargents, but then when i discovered it was the best coffee outside of eurpoe, indiana, i turned my car around. i even made a screeching noise and the whooshing air made a dude's toupee fly off and blew up a girls skirt.becklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488884204422943486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-82046971247778131772008-12-09T16:34:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:34:00.000-08:00I refuse to believe that that Aioli post was reall...I refuse to believe that that Aioli post was really miller.<BR/><BR/>jdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-33733955972968537902008-12-09T16:25:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:25:00.000-08:00eurpoe? why are you posting and not returning my c...eurpoe? <BR/><BR/>why are you posting and not returning my call? i want a ride home!Liv Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17748816998076616109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-76314762285834593912008-12-09T16:19:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:19:00.000-08:00For coffe, I think Aioli's is great. Don't listen ...For coffe, I think Aioli's is great. Don't listen to the fake reviews that say otherwise. For those of you who don't know, Aioli's recently laid off a very troubled employee. Since then, fake reviews have been pouring in, in an effort to hurt the imagine of this otherwise super restaurant. The proof is in the pudding. As others have posted, it is not uncommon for the staff to hug long-time clients, and it packs a real crowd on weekends. Would you return to a restaurant enough times to a engage in hugging behavior with the staff if it was as bad as the fake reviews would have you believe? Oh yeah, and we shouldn't believe the Sacramento Bee either, on how Aioli fed the poor on Thanksgiving...<BR/><BR/>-millerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-88892606440710704032008-12-09T16:16:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:16:00.000-08:00It's in a %$#@! strip mall, but Sargent's Coffee o...It's in a %$#@! strip mall, but Sargent's Coffee on Alhambra consistently rules. Of course, Temple is awesome, but we all knew that. For espresso, Pangaea cafe (across from Gunthers on Franklin) is amazing. It's the only place (outside eurpoe)that I've gotten espresso and not wanted any sugar in it.<BR/><BR/>omfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-91575083528624922272008-12-09T16:06:00.000-08:002008-12-09T16:06:00.000-08:00Wow! Yeah, I will ask Olivia for your number tomor...Wow! Yeah, I will ask Olivia for your number tomorrow.becklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488884204422943486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-9058421209727327652008-12-09T15:49:00.000-08:002008-12-09T15:49:00.000-08:00hey dude!Corine or I would be happy to give you so...hey dude!<BR/>Corine or I would be happy to give you some cheap (free!) basic lessons.<BR/><BR/>She's actually French, and I'm fluent.<BR/><BR/>do you know how to get ahold of either of us?<BR/><BR/>-RichardRichard St.Oflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673818128496569258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-8889806509963726242008-12-09T15:39:00.000-08:002008-12-09T15:39:00.000-08:00I gots tomorrow off, so no new posts until thursda...I gots tomorrow off, so no new posts until thursday, when I will tell you about the weird thing in a can from Corti brothers that I ate so you don't have to!becklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488884204422943486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-50782462527653375382008-12-09T15:00:00.000-08:002008-12-09T15:00:00.000-08:00Warning - you never come back from podcast alley.-...Warning - you never come back from podcast alley.<BR/><BR/>-millerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694733.post-57331838253401483822008-12-09T14:57:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:57:00.000-08:00Instead of searching around in itunes, you can loo...Instead of searching around in itunes, you can look at podcast alley, it's a better interface.<BR/><BR/>gbombAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com