tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5418152857871956700..comments2024-03-28T16:15:48.072-05:00Comments on Althouse: Coffee and blogging in the Quad Cities.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86953343379594646462011-09-05T15:00:37.184-05:002011-09-05T15:00:37.184-05:00"Better than nothing" is why I listen to..."Better than nothing" is why I listen to music so rarely.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55182765292599667072010-07-10T15:29:30.825-05:002010-07-10T15:29:30.825-05:00No I did not get my coffee okay this moring. We ha...No I did not get my coffee okay this moring. We had a power outage from 8 pm last night until nearly 2 pm this afternoon. My husband got up at 5 and went to McDonalds because it was closest for our first cup of coffee -- absolutely essential that it be consumed within 15 minutes of waking. We then got dressed and drove around the neighborhood to see how many folks had power. Nobody on our street had lights on. Many large trees and limbs were down. However, McDonals was open so we went there for breakfast. I realize it's not real chic to eat breakfast at Micky D's but we were hungry and it was close by. Interestingly half the neighborhood was there and we saw people we'd never seen in 20 years of living here. Power is back on - just in time for the hottest part of the day, thank goodness.<br />wv: phott.Deborah M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04182216254312297935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64379827015840354262010-07-10T01:48:07.378-05:002010-07-10T01:48:07.378-05:00That river does screw with a grid. Here, people li...That river does screw with a grid. Here, people live on the West Bank, over the river, but to get there, you have to drive east. We don't use N/S/E/W to give directions; we use the river, the lake, Downtown and Uptown. <br /><br />I live in the bottom bend of the river. There are four good coffee shops, all local, within walking distance, and all with wifi.<br /><br />Not having either is disconcerting. We were on vacation this week, and had car trouble in Tennessee. The small town we got towed to had wifi in one place, the pizza parlor next to the car repair. The single hotel in town had one room, a smoking room that stank, and the wifi worked only in the manager's office. It was 100 degrees all day, and I couldn't find anywhere within walking distance for coffee. Miserable!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55448166820955267712010-07-09T18:20:24.393-05:002010-07-09T18:20:24.393-05:00John Feinstein has a very nice column in today'...John Feinstein has <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070805463.html" rel="nofollow">a very nice column in today's paper</a> about Paul Goydos, the golfer whose historic round you witnessed.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4115529968325909852010-07-09T12:30:26.765-05:002010-07-09T12:30:26.765-05:00I remember in the 60s, flying out of Mpls./St. Pau...I remember in the 60s, flying out of Mpls./St. Paul airport on my way to Atlanta, GA, and landing in the Quad Cities to pick up additional passengers.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40134596670387102702010-07-09T12:04:02.672-05:002010-07-09T12:04:02.672-05:00Maybe you had just pack your AeroPress.
Coffee t...Maybe you had just pack your AeroPress. <br /><br />Coffee tongue. Ick.<br /><br />Speaking of minty fresh breath, I just now mixed Celestial Seasonings mint tea with regular pekoe tea and lemon for the most amazing iced tea ever. It's the sort of thing I would't have even tried until right now.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89385429715097708642010-07-09T11:54:09.967-05:002010-07-09T11:54:09.967-05:00What are these quad cities of which you speak?
O...What are these quad cities of which you speak? <br /><br />Oh. Hmmm. I see there are five, and they're not cities exactly. This seems to be a case of poor. onomatologyChip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89403333884582306432010-07-09T11:33:38.769-05:002010-07-09T11:33:38.769-05:00I agree with Steve, check out THEO'S JAVA CLUB...I agree with Steve, check out THEO'S JAVA CLUB, I went there a couple of times, funky place in Rock Island. Don't know about WiFi.froggypragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12135843616500795566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1224837865524241072010-07-09T10:43:00.362-05:002010-07-09T10:43:00.362-05:00Hey Althouse,
I grew up in the Quad Cities. If y...Hey Althouse,<br /><br />I grew up in the Quad Cities. If you're spending another day in Rock Island or just need some more coffee check out Theo's Java Club at 213 17th St in Rock Island. Hope you have a lovely time in the QC.Steve Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520846700314064053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28440623117727011622010-07-09T10:23:18.395-05:002010-07-09T10:23:18.395-05:00Boy, white people and their problems.
Fascinatin...Boy, white people and their problems. <br /><br />Fascinating.Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1563946604780758472010-07-09T10:19:20.272-05:002010-07-09T10:19:20.272-05:00Coffee is the habit and pleasure that we wrap arou...Coffee is the habit and pleasure that we wrap around our caffeine addition. <br /><br />So yes, we're all coffee snobs.<br /><br />Professor;<br />Please don't attempt to transfer Madison sensibilities to Moline.Phil 314https://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4515499725405739322010-07-09T09:45:56.938-05:002010-07-09T09:45:56.938-05:00coffee snob!coffee snob!Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45113300967362975172010-07-09T09:44:31.375-05:002010-07-09T09:44:31.375-05:00@John: Maybe it's the distance a man could rid...@John: Maybe it's the distance a man could ride a horse in a day.<br /><br />Trivia: That's the way the county structure in Georgia was designed. Each county seat is about a day's horse ride from the border.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341576498315327700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1715686784714595542010-07-09T09:39:25.294-05:002010-07-09T09:39:25.294-05:00In the desert west we don't get "quad-cit...In the desert west we don't get "quad-cities", "tri-cities" or even "twin-cities". Towns here sprung up on roughly 30 mile intervals, in keeping with the 1880's capacity of the water tender and speed of the locomotive.<br /><br />Could make for a fer distance between Starbucks.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08344824510190345160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45012950614618881272010-07-09T09:37:38.101-05:002010-07-09T09:37:38.101-05:00@Meade: You ask, why do we settle for less with go...@Meade: You ask, why do we settle for less with government?<br /><br />It has to do with our proclivities.<br /><br />For the leftish, government is a fetish object.<br /><br />For the rightish, as P.J. O'Rourke noted, attending to governmental duties is like taking out the garbage. It's something you have to do, but not something to be obsessed with.<br /><br />More people in the USA are rightish; but we in this silent majority have been procrastinating, leaving undone those things which we ought to have done. Now the garbage pile is gigantic and starting to reek.<br /><br />Good citizens are picking up their shovels to take care of the odiferous mess, and we're going to have to knock aside a hoarde of garbage fetish zombies to do it.<br /><br />Or something.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341576498315327700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70349691965668573772010-07-09T09:37:34.377-05:002010-07-09T09:37:34.377-05:00@edutcher: Mocha ice cream. Yuuuch!@edutcher: Mocha ice cream. <i>Yuuuch!</i>Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57539137297171596312010-07-09T09:35:06.327-05:002010-07-09T09:35:06.327-05:00"Better than nothing is a high standard."...<i>"Better than nothing is a high standard."</i><br /><br />I'm very fond of nothing.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88100822686119896682010-07-09T09:33:56.362-05:002010-07-09T09:33:56.362-05:00Jeeze, I just re-read my last post, and it reads l...Jeeze, I just re-read my last post, and it reads like new-age Crack bait. I swear, it's just my way of getting a caffine fix, not a spiritual thing at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71073254056083615972010-07-09T09:32:49.130-05:002010-07-09T09:32:49.130-05:00Not having any real liking for the taste of coffee...Not having any real liking for the taste of coffee (my mother cured me of it with her undeviating tendency to put mocha icing on any cake she made), I can't offer any opinion except that I've developed the nasty habit of simply shaking off the weight of dreamland with one jump out of bed.<br /><br />In any case, Madame:<br /><br />Cogito, ergo bloggo<br /><br />OR<br /><br />Bloggo, ergo sum.<br /><br />PS Hope you're having fun.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589958656028023357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16326111847725864632010-07-09T09:32:49.131-05:002010-07-09T09:32:49.131-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14341576498315327700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79090214755143096962010-07-09T09:31:23.095-05:002010-07-09T09:31:23.095-05:00I prefer black tea in the morning. A nicer, less ...I prefer black tea in the morning. A nicer, less jarring lift, with no crash when it wears off. And green tea after lunch, to gently combat the afternoon worn out feeling. <br /><br />If I need more caffine, sometimes I add coffee in mid-morning, but that's rare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84809430411162669512010-07-09T09:24:58.700-05:002010-07-09T09:24:58.700-05:00Oh yes. I must have at least two strong cups of c...Oh yes. I must have at least two strong cups of coffee in the morning to be less of a zombie.<br /><br /><i>"But I don't like that coffee. Am I too fussy?"</i><br /><br />Nope. We have a right to like what we like and get what makes us happy.<br /><br />We never travel for hotel stays without our portable coffee pot and some freshly ground coffee beans in a small tupperware type container. Even if there is an in room coffee machine I use mine. Their coffee is terrible and only makes itsy pots.<br /><br />When this pot dies, I'm going to be very very sad, because it is an<a href="http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-travel-coffee-pot-plaid-case" rel="nofollow"> old metal perk type</a> in a neato traveling case and irreplacable.<br /><br />Lattes are too sweet and too much cream for my taste.<br /><br />Ms. Cuisinart made my coffee for me this morning....and my sweet husband brought me a cup in bed.<br /><br />(Also...I never make coffee from anything other than fresh ground beans after I read in the WSJ how much detritus (garbage) is allowed to be in ground coffee. Dead wasps, sticks, rocks, dirt.. ick.)Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22741574593770067012010-07-09T09:24:30.277-05:002010-07-09T09:24:30.277-05:00Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa...Is this heaven? No, it's Iowa...kjbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205930548533839170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77406662427541985632010-07-09T09:21:03.093-05:002010-07-09T09:21:03.093-05:00That is so true, Original Mike. As I'm fond o...That is so true, Original Mike. As I'm fond of quoting Mrs. Meade: <i>Better than nothing is a high standard.</i> <br /><br />Applies to all sorts of things - coffee, sex, movies, music, government, etc. <br /><br />Especially government. <br /><br />Why so many of us settle for less is a mystery.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44159423894955071192010-07-09T09:19:12.971-05:002010-07-09T09:19:12.971-05:00Friend of mine in the QC hangs at Cool Beanz at 13...Friend of mine in the QC hangs at Cool Beanz at 1325 30th Street, Rock Island.TosaGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520232078421382322noreply@blogger.com