Archive for the ‘Drinks’ Category

The Cafe du Monde Mechanism: coffee –???–> math

Friday, September 5th, 2008

A week ago I had a little something called a coffee craving. My best excuse to drink coffee is when I need to focus on a good amount of math or difficult problems (namely...proofs.) But sometimes I'll have a little coffee for "wrong" reasons like the assurance that I can stay ...

Bees, Tea and Celebrities

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Today is the day of many firsts. And thankfully, I had my camera on me! Law and Order. I finally spotted celebrities in Manhattan. Angela has been spotting them since we were freshman since her dorm was on Fifth Avenue. I had an earlier lunch hour than usual and there were ...

Vietnamese-Style Coffee

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

After a determined hunt at Kam Man, a supermarket on Canal Street, I found where they keep the coffee makers. Percolators, French presses? No, not for me. I made a micro splurge-- a little less than four bucks got me a Vietnamese Coffee filter. I've recently become a little obsessed with ...

Chai in A Teapot

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Thanks to an earlier incident this week on nearly choking on a piece of cinnamon, I decided to brew my spicy concoction of chai tea in my Chococat teapot.And I live to tell about it. :D

Chinese New Year, Bolla Chianti

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

The night before Chinese New Year is like...having Thanksgiving dinner, but with emphasis on having symbolic food for dinner.Yes, we have symbolism for dinner. It's pretty awesome.This year, though, Mom toned things down by a lot. Randy stayed upstate since he has school there, so it was just me and ...

Vanilla Chai

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Eugene is a hand model. Only on some days. Emack and Bolio's is an ice cream chain that I discovered this past summer either by reading an AMNY article on ice cream places in NYC or by using Menupages. I can't decide, because I can't remember.The location I went to ...

When Cocoa Met Frangelico

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Innocently enough, Frangelico is bottled in a very monk-like bottle, complete with a thick piece of rope for his outfit.Frangelico was the first thing I recognized when my brother and I were browsing for liquers. Thanks to many food network episodes of Emeril, I knew offhand what Frangelico was-- hazelnut ...

My Oxen Did Not Die on Oregon Chai…

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

The reference, of course, to Oregon Trail. (I can't begin to tell you how many times I had typhoid, low food supplies and risked drowning by not caulking my raft when fording the river...) If you're still wondering if I really do have oxen in the city...no. None at all.So ...