Coffee
There should be a proper espresso demitasse emoji. ☕️ misses the point.
Being able to raise your wrist and say “Hey Siri, turn espresso on” a few miles from home on a cold bike ride is so great! 👍🏻☕️⌚️
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Good morning Minnesota! ☕️
Good morning! Espresso crema… ☕️
Sometimes the espresso looks so much more delightful than others. ☕️
Sump Coffee has amazing espresso. This is a cathedral to coffee. So good.
Introducing the Weekly Thing
A while back I tried a way of sharing links to things that I found interesting every week. I did it by making a link blog post and then sharing links to that blog post. I got more positive feedback on those posts than I expected. People really liked them and found value in what I was highlighting.
But I didn’t like the link posts cluttering up my blog. They felt different and I eventually decided to stop doing the posts mostly because I was frustrated with how my website was coming along.
Email Newsletters
I enjoy a number of weekly newsletters. I subscribe to MacStories for the members only Club MacStories newsletter. Patrick Rhone’s One More Thing is a very well written personal newsletter and a treat whenever it comes. Sitting down with an espresso and my iPad to casually read through weekly newsletters is a treat on the weekend.
Email newsletters are ‘old school’. There is something about the medium that feels more personal and more conversational than others. I wanted to try this out, and realized that those old link posts were the right foundation to build upon.
Next I wanted to see how hard this would be. I quickly looked into TinyLetter and realized it would be pretty easy. I like that TinyLetter exists as a way for personal email newsletters. It’s very easy to use.
Weekly Thing
With the basis of my links I decided to put together a newsletter. I
went with the somewhat goofy name of the Weekly Thing playing off my
last name. Total aside, but I used to own the domain
thing.org in the mid 90’s. I was at the U of MN at
the time and I got an email from The Thing, a museum
in Germany, asking if they could have the domain. I transferred it to
them, seemed the right thing to do. My future as a domain squatter was
determined at that time.
I’ve been quietly publishing the Weekly Thing for a few weeks now to an invited group of friends. I’ve been testing out my automation and the structure. I’m very pleased with how it’s working and this week put the subscribe page live and started sharing it. My first goal is to get to 100 subscribers and continue to flesh out the content. I hope you all enjoy it!
Go to the Weekly Thing to subscribe!
Good morning espresso! ☕️
Morning routine. ☕️
Got my first shipment of Nordskogen Coffee today! Looking forward to pulling some shots of espresso.
Delightful coffee and hot chocolate at Wesley Andrews today. Minneapolis coffee people, get yourselves there! ☕️
Delicious coffee at Brick & Mortar Coffee.
Oh my, just found out Wesley Andrews Coffee has a Slayer espresso machine. Must visit! ☕️
That Slayer machine is a thing of beauty.
S L A Y E R#wacoffee #wesleyandrews #wampls pic.twitter.com/GooB0JfWtN
— Wesley Andrews (@WesleyAndrewsCC) November 30, 2016
Seriously, look at this thing.
Delicious pull of espresso to start the day.
Gorgeous cortado at Pure Bean Coffee in Rapid City, SD.
Daily Grind.
The Lab by Alchemy Coffee
I was looking for a coffee fix and Tammy did some searching and found The Lab by Alchemy Coffee. We drove here and the place looked pretty solid. Great ambiance and they seemed to have their act together. I got a macchiato as well as a pour-over to go. The macchiato presented great, but was a bit thin. They need their espresso dialed in a bit better. The pour over was really good however the roast was a little lighter than I would typically go.
Son turns 6 today. He was up at 5:30a to start celebrations. Need espresso.
