This is James’ second stop – the first one being Boston Jerk City (link). I know he’s more of a BBQ guy (book in the works!) but he was happy to join me on the second leg to a coffee shop. We didn’t get to shoot the bull as much ths time because [...]
So after some issues finding the Waffle Truck, we gave up. I don’t know that I should call including Starbucks in this project ‘giving up,’ but it doesn’t really jive with what the project is all about (discovering new and interesting food).
The thing is, I couldn’t do this project without Starbucks. I’m [...]
Jen Bernstein was excited to see that her neighborhood coffee place was on my list, and when I needed to make some schedule adjustments, she jumped at the chance to make Oslo her second leg of 93 plates (link to first leg). I was happy that everyone was able to accommodate the schedule because [...]
I met Sarah at Café Grumpy and managed to keep from talking about how the Food Network hadn’t contacted me back about my Next Food Network Star Audition Tape (link). Of course, she’s a recipe developer for them, so she really has nothing to do with casting. Of course, she may be able [...]
I met Jessie at 88 Orchard about fifteen minutes late, my standard arrival time for a lot of the morning meetings – for some reason, I think the 6 is a lot faster than it is. Jessie is happy to give me the benefit of the doubt. Jessie came in from Jersey just to [...]
Finally some lighting for my pictures! These shots are almost as good as Jess’s. I feel like centering them and showing them full size. Ok, maybe they’re not that good, but they’re a lot better than most I take. Tastespotting is certainly a possibility.
I woke up at 6:00 AM and needed [...]
I got the word from some yelp conversation that Roots Café was one of the places that I had to stop for my trip. I called up Jamey and he thought the project sounded cool and was in almost immediately. He’s built his business over the past year through word of [...]
A break that could have been scheduled a bit later in the shoot, but it was nice not to have to perform for anyone in regards to eating. The waitresses delivered Ben a hot tea and Scotty a coffee (he likes it black, obviously). I had the cappuccino. It had some sort [...]