Weekly 007

These posts take a long time for me to write. Longer than I want them to. I’ve got to find a way to condense it down to get it out every weekend, so look for some updates soon.

Coffee

I find it hard to talk about good coffee every week, but since it’s been a couple of weeks, I have some good notes.

Tamp

Bristol, RI

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Someone in the business recommended this place, and I have to admit I’m impressed. They source their own beans from Italy, which made me concerned that it would be super dark coffee, but the Cortado I had was amazing. I also got a sweetened latte to test it and was impressed with that, too. It wasn’t just all sugar; worth checking out.

NewberySt

Brookline, MA

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This place is a pop-up from my favorite roasters from last years Hanukkah Coffee Box. I’ve been trying to make a pop-up and meet the team behind this roaster for years, and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. They are awesome. Their Salt bread was also great, but I got a Choco Berry “Funky” pour-over that did taste like both chocolate and berries.

TLC Coffee Roasters

West Kingston, RI

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Sometimes I work in Hope Valley, and that means that I drive past this place like crazy. I’ve been there three times now, and it is a cute place, and I want to like it, but the coffee just isn’t that good. Don’t know why I keep coming back. I guess I keep hoping I will find the one thing that is good.

Work

I’ve been doing a lot of different projects for work; here are some of them:

Authentic Auctions

Did a new redesign of the homepage here. That is a pretty tame way of saying I moved it off self-serving and onto a database-backed service. The long-term goal is to build a bunch of systems that work for the project and let us better serve our customers without requiring a redeploy every time we add a new car.

It still feels like an AI site, though, so there is definitely some design work to do there.

Rollin Renovations

We are still doing a bunch of work in the construction space. We have built a couple of decks, built out a door jamb, and also started work on installing some windows and remodeling a bathroom. Learning a lot and having fun with many different projects.

Smaller Projects and updates.

I’m working on a coffee van project, tentatively called Way Point Coffee Lab. Still working on the details; more to come as it evolves.
I’ve finished the tolia website and am excited to be moving forward on that.
I’m working on a website for a friend’s dog and cat concierge services.
Looking at building websites for several friends’ therapy practices.
I’ve started working with the RWU Cheerleading team on some of their tumbling and cheerleading, and this has rekindled my interest in my cheer book.
I took some photos of the Nor’easter this past weekend and want to publish and edit them.
Zack’s Cracks is now up to 4 episodes, and I’m working on the 5th, but I’m not sure when I’ll have time to do it.
I went to the Maine Acro Weekend and got to do some fun acro, but I didn’t get any pictures of me doing acro.