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The Con Ed Bulbs: Can Fluorescent Light Be Bearable?

Posted by dailyheights on Sunday 3 February 2008 at 11:39 pm

Do you care so much about the environment (or your electric bill) that you would put up with dingy, soul-sucking fluorescent light in your most sacred of spaces? Or are Con Ed’s free CFLs really a great leap forward from the stark, buzzing, flickering blue bulbs that dutifully lit your grandfather’s utility shed?

dojoji writes on the Brooklynian.com Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards: “Has anyone gotten the free light bulb exchange from ConEd? The guy is here right now–on a ladder–changing all my lightbulbs for me. They are called CFL (fluorescent) and they work fine and light the room in the same way that regular bulbs do. So I’m not complaining–and if my electric bill goes down then I’ll be REALLY excited.”

“He says it saves 75% on energy from the lights.
Funny story–he says Brooklyn residents are holding out because they do not trust Con Ed. LOL. They expect it to take 4 years for Brooklyn residents to fully convert.”

So are CFLs going to be recommended by HGTV designers any time soon? sweet tea responds: “i relented and let one of these guys replace some of my bulbs….enh. i didn’t do the lamps or the kitchen overhead because i hate the quality of light from the CFLs. yeah, they’re better than they were 15 years ago when my dad first started buying them from our neighbor with the solar roof, but they’re not that much better. i find the light ugly and depressing.”

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Underhill Ave. Mugging: Police Say Leave (?)

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 22 January 2008 at 11:40 pm

thatdog99 writes in regarding an incident that happened last night around 5:30PM on the corner of Underhill Avenue & Prospect Avenue:

“My friend was walking home from his work commute, when he was thrown to the ground, he was punched in the face and nose, as well as kicked in and around his stomach. His wallet and bag were stolen from him.”

“… when he went to the police to file a report today …The police said in the past six months crime in the area has risen, and that, which is what disturbs me as well as I live near the corner of St. John’s & Underhill, there is a group of teens/young men who hang at St. John’s & Underhill Ave, that even as young as 14, have been involved in numerous violent crimes and assaults.”

“The general description of many of the victims of recent muggings in the area, are Caucasian males, short hair, carrying a bag slung over the shoulder. I just wanted to share this information with you, so that you might serve as a way to get a warning out there.  I am far from an alarmist, but it did actually send a shockwave through me when one of the police officers told my friend that he should really move out of the neighborhood as its safety is very much in question.”

Our Building is Switching to Biofuel

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 27 December 2007 at 6:04 pm

News from sterling2000:

Joined: 22 Jun 2005; Posts: 360
Location: The intersection of Blight Street and Gentrification Avenue.

Just this past week, the Board of our building (of which I am President) made the decision to switch to biofuel over oil for our heating needs.
With the cost of oil continuing to skyrocket, significant dependence on foreign oil and ever-escalating news of global warming impacts, we made the decision even though there is a slightly higher cost annually.

I would invite other buildings and homeowners to look into this for themselves at http://www.tristatebiodiesel.com/. The process has been easy thus far and we believe it will be of huge benefit to our 20-unit building and the neighborhood at large over time.

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Mooney’s Closing; Emergency Happy Hour Planned

Posted by dailyheights on Wednesday 7 November 2007 at 6:42 pm

EasternPkwyQ writes on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards:

“Mr. Mooney received an eviction notice on October 30th, giving him 30 days to get out. Apparently, the landlord raised the rent from $xxxx to $xxxx and Mooney countered with an offer of $xxxx. The response he received was the eviction notice.”

“Seems pretty extreme - I’m sure they’re hoping that American Apparel’s good buddies at Starbucks or some such place will take over the location. It makes me nauseous.”

“For me, this is a tremendous loss of a lovely neighborhood gathering spot. It may not be the hippest or the most glamorous, but it’s such a great place to meet and talk to your neighbors - people from all backgrounds gather there and actually interact with one another. I have met some wonderful people there who I now count amongst closest friends.”

“The landlord is Lina Fang of Johore Realty - the same person (or at least so I hear) that has evicted Royal Video. I don’t know what else they own, but I certainly plan to boycott whatever takes over these leases and I hope others will do the same. This isn’t Manhattan and we live here because it’s not Manhattan and we want local business owners who actually contribute to - and care about - the neighborhood and the people in it. Mooney’s does that and this is a tremendous loss to Prospect Heights and Park Slope.” Read more on this thread: Mooney’s Evicted! (Brooklynian.com)

Extra! Is it too early for a real Irish wake? Come mourn at the semi-official Brooklynian.com Happy Hour - 7 p.m. - Thurs, 11/15/07 - Mooney’s last hurrah

Crown Fried Chicken on Washington and Prospect Shuts its Doors

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 11 September 2007 at 2:39 pm

liftandcut writes: “Sucks that Crown Fried Chicken closed. Those guys who ran the place were nice dudes. Compared to other Kennedy and Crown Frieds I have been to, it was definitely the best. Clean, and relatively good food that I believe was Halal.”

As a partner in an establishment in Brooklyn, I know how stressful it is to run a business, and how hard emotionally and financially it is to have the spectre of losing a lease looming. Hope those guys do well in the future.

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

This corner lot be an interesting space to watch. Read more on this thread: Shocker - Crown Fried Chicken on WA/Prospect is no more [Comments: 4]

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Strangers Peering Into Fire Escapes (Underhill Ave.)

Posted by dailyheights on Monday 10 September 2007 at 4:06 pm

Reported by: UnderTheHill (Newbie)

Joined: 13 Sep 2006
Posts: 27
Location: Underhill btw Sterling & St. Johns

I got home tonight and noticed by the mailboxes that a tenant put up a sign that she saw someone peeping into her place through the fire escape in the back of the building during the early AM hours.
There was a followup note by another tenant that the same thing happened to them, and comments written on both by at least 5-7 other tenants that this too has happened to them during this week.
The two main writers did write that they called 911 to report this, because when they saw the person and screamed, he ran up the fire escape to the roof.

Link: Stranger Peering Into Fire Escapes (Comments: 17)

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Beyond Pathetic: Passing Fake $20s at a Prospect Heights Stoop Sale

Posted by dailyheights on Saturday 8 September 2007 at 11:52 pm

UPDATE: At least two other stoop sales got burned by this guy (or these guys) this past weekend. See the thread for details: stoop sale counterfeit $ scam– beware
Report by: spec* | Newbie | Joined: 23 Aug 2007
Location: prospect heights

a few folks had a stoop sale today on the corner of park and vanderbilt. turns out when one of us tried to use some of the $, she learned we had been given two fairly undetectable counterfeit 20$ bills in the sale– and given back the counterfeiter 15-18$ in change on two separate occasions.

obviously we’ve been scammed for the cash. we think we know by whom– and i think this person’s been going around and doing this at many stoop sales in brooklyn. just a warning to check the 20$ bills for all those stoop sale-ers.

these counterfeit bills are shiny and a little smaller and do not appear real when held up to the light. not everyone is honest in our hoods and it sucks to have our wholesome little sale soured. it’s just not cool, it’s illegal, and it’s not like we’re raking in the dough selling off our two dollar books and cds to bolster our student loans.

stoop sale enterpeneurs, beware!

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Terriers Beware: “Light-Skinned Asian” Skateboarders in BoCoCa

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 6 September 2007 at 12:20 pm

Author: corbinbernsenfan
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:54 pm (GMT -4)

I for one think that skateboarders can reach speeds of more than 50 mph… I was walking through BocoCa last wed and several light skinned Asian men flew by me on these boards almost killing my Boston Terrier. Police in this area should really not hesitate to bring in these characters and charge them with whatever crime they probably committed.
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Prospect Height Bikers: Learn How to Ride

Posted by dailyheights on Wednesday 5 September 2007 at 8:08 pm

liftandcut
Wannabe ProHi Mayor

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 308
Location: 48 paces from Ripple.

Okay, so what’s the deal with you people? As a driver, day after day it amazes me how inept so many of you are at riding bikes in the streets of the city, particularly in this, and surrounding neighborhoods.

Here’s what I see: you don’t ride at the speed of traffic, preferring to leisurely pedal at 5 mph, without a care in the world. You often ride two, or even three abreast, in order to better facilitate conversation with your biking buddies as you make your way down streets. You even ride against traffic on narrow streets and get mad when honked at. You have been seen riding so far from the curb and parked cars that you end up in the path of moving cars. You don’t use headlights at night (illegal), hand signals, bells, and you almost never look over your shoulders.

To top it all off, most of you don’t even wear helmets, which baffles me.

As a former bike messenger, daily driver, and native New Yorker, the only thing that makes me curse out loud in my car is how so many of you bike like you’re on a sun-dappled, suburban sidewalk. It makes me furious, really.

I don’t know when this happened in New York. Used to be, bikers and drivers had an understanding, and a certain rhythm in the streets of this city. Sure, there have been accidents, and middle fingers flipped, and filthy words hurled, but jeez, at least traffic used to move.

Last thing I have to say to you “bikers” is: learn how to ride those super cool, retro metro, “I bought this $25 bike so I can sport a $100 Kryptonite chain,” bikes. It would make a lot of pedestrians, and drivers a lot happier.

Link for readin’ and commentin’: ProHi Bikers: Please Learn how to Ride (BK ain’t the ‘Burbs)

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Law & Order Filming on Friday

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 4 September 2007 at 1:19 pm

sarahb writes on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards:

“Came back from long weekend to see fliers everywhere that Law & Order will be filming on the Plaza Street/Butler/Sterling corridor on Friday. Wonder what the plot line is? Savage attack by Lucky the poodle? Death by Mighty Meat Wind?”

LINK: Law & Order filming Friday

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Video Edge: Another Casualty of Netflix?

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 30 August 2007 at 3:36 pm

Playing a bit of catch-up here… but what happened to Video Edge, the “alternative” video store on Flatbush (you know, the one just a few blocks down from that “other” video store…). Here is an update from Asil, posted on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards:

Asil
Newbie
Joined: 15 Jul 2006
Posts: 15
Location: St. Johns & Washington

They merged with another video store, I don’t remember the name, on 7th Ave. around Carroll or Garfield. There was a sign up on the window of Video Edge a few weeks ago that said the change was “due to the changing rental climate.” That could mean both rising rent on the physical space and DVD rental competition from Netflix. I would guess that both were a factor.

All Video Edge customers are supposed to automatically have an account now at the other place.
Really sad. It was a great store.

To read more or comment, visit the what happened to Video Edge? thread on Brooklynian.com -> Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards

Waiting for the "Second Half": Coming Soon?

Posted by dailyheights on Wednesday 29 August 2007 at 8:45 am

It’s been a few months since mysteriously “energetic men in suits” were spotted in the Fermented Grapes shop, talking about the second coming of Half (the short-lived wine bar on Vanderbilt). TrautmanG, who claims he’s one of those suits, reported that the place is to be called Plan B, though they apparently liked our “Second Half” suggestion, and also considered calling it “Diet Soda” (ha, ha).

Here’s what TrautmanG had to say about the place: “The name Plan B is for Brooklyn, bar, burger etc. Also means its a casual place without pretension, and is my own personal Plan B … in addition to standard fare (burgers, wings, fries) etc will offer healthy choices and rotating specials. We will have a kids menu as well … (Read more)”

What is the latest? Apparently construction continues, and the liquor license application may take a while. Look for more updates on the “Half…hmmm” thread on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards

Why Did You Move to Prospect Heights?

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 28 August 2007 at 10:09 pm

Brooklynbound
Newbie

Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 44

Why did you choose to live in Prospect Heights?

I chose to live here because it is convenient to school and work. I am within a few blocks of six trains. I’m only 10-15 minutes from Manhattan. The rent is decent. There are a lot of shops, restaurants, bars, etc. that are convenient to me. That’s it.

No, I’m not in Mayberry anymore, but so far it’s been a good experience. I like this neighborhood for the most part. Now I only hope to meet a few neighbors. Then it’ll officially feel like home.

Why are you here? Let us know on the Why PH? thread on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards

Intoxicated mrsunshine Mugged by 7th Ave Q stop

Posted by dailyheights on Monday 27 August 2007 at 4:25 pm

mrsunshine
Newbie
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 8

This last friday night (saturday am) I was mugged around 50 yards after exiting the 7th Ave Q stop and walking towards Vanderbilt on Park Place ….

I set myself up. I was very very intoxicated. I had just vomited on the street a few seconds earlier and was stumbling home. … Someone puts me in a sleeper hold from behind and I see someone running towards me in a grey hoodie …

Next thing, I’m waking up on the ground with the faint sound of someone sprinting away. Wallet + cellphone gone. Thank god they left my keys. 

Moral of the story: Don’t … get wasted and walk home alone at 3 am. Watch your back. I would have robbed me too….if that’s how I made money. I was completely defenseless.

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Drive-By Shooting, St. John’s and Underhill

Posted by dailyheights on Sunday 26 August 2007 at 8:28 pm

Hexatron
Newbie

Joined: 25 Aug 2007
Posts: 1
Location: Underhill btw Sterling + St Johns

… I was at work tonight (Saturday) when my girlfriend called me around 10:30. She said she was leaving our apartment on Underhill btw Sterling and St Johns when she heard loud gunshots nearby. She knows the sound well because of the rooftop shooting last week, also on our block.

She opened the door … There was a man half-running/ limping towards St. Johns, where he met with a group of women and collapsed on the sidewalk. Bystanders saw that something was wrong and surrounded him, calling for help on their phones.

… this shooting happened directly in front of my apartment … it seems like there has been no violent crime in our little area (by the library, Grand Army Plaza, Vanderbilt) in at least a few years, though it’s remained constant a couple blocks away. What’s going on?

LINK: What happened at St. John’s and Underhill?

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Drug Raid on Lincoln and Washington

Posted by dailyheights on Friday 13 July 2007 at 1:36 pm

Loverly crooklyn writes on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards: “I have watched as the drug dealers on my corner take over my street over the past 6 months. It seemed that nothing would be done. But finally, there was a raid on one of the main drug buildings on the block…”

“Last night, as I pulled into Lincoln Place to park my car after a night of grocery shopping, I was stopped by five SUVs blocking the road. I got out ready to scream at someone, and call the police to come and clear the traffic, when someone at the corner told me, it was the police.”

“I call 311 at least once a week to complain about the gang of hoodlums playing dice in front of my stoop. At night, I have to park on St. Johns, because all the dealer’s friends and customers have taken up every legal, and illegal, parking spot. I am constantly walking around waiting for the gunshots to come out because I never know how bad it could get.”

“I know that this raid is not a cure-all, but … it’s a step in the right direction.”

Link: Drug Raid on Lincoln and Washington Last Night (Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards)

“High Stakes” Cheesesteak: A Philly Perspective

Posted by dailyheights on Friday 6 July 2007 at 6:54 am

Jimmy_Sunshine writes on the Prospect Heights Message Boards:
“As a very recent transplant to Prospect Heights with a lifetime in Philly … I figured I should add my $.02 … I ate in at High Stakes Cheese Steaks a couple of weeks ago. Though it wasn’t a bad sandwich, it wasn’t a cheese steak.”

“For starters, there was some seasoning on the meat, which isn’t necessary if you use good quality rib eye steak, and is something you’ll never find in Philly. Secondly, the steak should be sliced thin before being chopped up on the grill. This was definitely not the case at High Stakes - the consistency was all wrong. Lastly, the roll was more like something from Subway than a proper Italian roll.”

“The cheese wiz was actually spot-on, but that’s hardly noteworthy since it comes in a large bomb-resistant can with no expiration date.”

So, since you live only a 2-hr drive or just over a 1-hr train ride from Philly, I suggest you check out the real thing. I would recommend Pat’s, Geno’s, or Tony Luke’s in South Philly, Jim’s on South Street, Chink’s in the Northeast, D’Allesanro’s in Roxborough, or, frankly, just about any decent pizza or hoagie[?] place with a grill.”

“Oh, and one more thing, with service as slow as High Stakes (I waited 15 mins for a cheese steak when there were only about 4 customers in the place), they’d be out of business in Philly faster than you can say, ‘wiz wit’.”

Now… about that delivery guy who’s chronically out of change…

Link: High Stakes Cheesesteaks on the Prospect Heights Message Boards

Bubbleworks Alternative?

Posted by dailyheights on Friday 6 July 2007 at 6:45 am

Danny-O writes on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards:

“Can anyone recommend a pick-up/drop-off laundry service other than Bubbleworks that serves Prospect Heights?”

“Though generally satisfied with their service, I feel like they set their driers to ’surface of the sun’ temperature levels. Frequently, clothes that I’ve owned and had laundered for months or years come back from B’works noticeably smaller…”

“I’ve seen laundry.bz mentioned before on this site — can anyone chime in about them? I like that they offer low-temp drying (for an extra charge), but i’m wary of a place without a storefront and with a somewhat non-professional looking website.”

Link: Bubbleworks alternative on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards

Whining Reaches Epidemic Levels in Prospect Heights

Posted by dailyheights on Tuesday 1 May 2007 at 8:22 pm

And who is to blame?

Duke of Flatbush writes on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards: “Are posters on the Daily Heights inordinately whiney?  Seriously… The gourmet food store sucks, the service at the local bar sucks, Tom is a pedophile… the list goes on and on! God knows we don’t need to sell the neighborhood with all the new people moving in each year, but don’t you think a more positive dialogue about the ‘hood would be nice? Maybe even productive?”

We’re not bitchy… we’re assertive on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards 

How Many Traffic Cops to Tow a Car in PH?

Posted by dailyheights on Thursday 26 April 2007 at 11:34 pm

Our new favorite newbie 44ButlerPl posts on the Prospect Heights Forum | DailyHeights.com Message Boards:

“How many NYPD Traffic Cops does it take to tow a car? Three. And even then, it took over an hour.”

“What a complete and utter waste of city resources. This car was parked in front of a pedestrian crosswalk, and the city always tows these cars away [True - the spot is a major towing-revenue boondoggle - Ed.]. This morning, however, they couldn’t figure out how to disengage the parking brake on this VW wagon…“

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Link: How many NYPD Traffic Cops does it take to tow a car?

“Congestion Pricing” and Commute: Will it Work?

Posted by dailyheights on Wednesday 25 April 2007 at 6:32 am

Limestone Kid writes on the Brooklynian.com message boards: “What are people’s thoughts on Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal about congestion pricing?”

“Personally, I’m in favor of it. I walk to work in downtown Brooklyn, and it’s amazing the number of vehicles that are occupied by only the driver. If it gets cars off the road, then I’ve in favor it.”

Does it work? thirtythreesixty writes: “London pre- and post- congestion charging is a different city to walk around in and commute in…the system works incredibly well… “

Are people in favor of it? Overwhelmingly… at least on the Brooklynian boards. As of this writing, there is only one (relatively) negative comment: “As usual, what initially sounds like a good idea - ends up sucking for people who need their cars every day to get to work because of lack of public transport options,” Livetotravel says. “Where’s Bloomberg’s proposal for offering incentives to car pool?”

Link: Congestion Pricing [Brooklynian.com message boards]

Deli Attack on Washington: Bodega Hostility Reaches a New Level

Posted by dailyheights on Friday 13 April 2007 at 9:24 am

It’s been a week since Mohammed, one of the guys at Deli Cup (773 Washington, the deli that does sell beer), was assaulted by several people who were upset (apparently) about the outcome of a lottery ticket: “He was beaten so bad that his teeth were falling out of his mouth as he was covered in blood and drifting in and out of consciousness after the attack,” says resident “sensationalist” LeeHo, who decries the lack of media attention, and charges that cops from the 77th Precinct “would rather look the other way” on this assault.

That charge is not at all true, as further discussion on the Prospect Heights Message Board reveals (UPDATE: according to ParadeRest, the perp has now turned himself in at the precinct and was charged with attempted murder). But let’s face it - an assault in the Heights is not newsworthy, is it… unless that assault happens to somebody you and everybody else in the neighborhood knows:

“Mo has always been one of my favorite people,” newbie UrJustADayLate wrote yesterday in this ongoing discussion. “He knows me and my roommates’ names, and makes sure to ask us how we are all doing. At Christmas time, he gives us all presents and wishes us the best of holidays.”

“I have been unfortunate enough to experience hostility towards Mo on many occasions over nothing in particular. People are rude to Mo just to be rude… Young kids kicking Mo’s cat when it was just a tiny kitten in front of their blind mothers, men screaming at Mo for not getting the Tylenol right (the patron was the one who had been wrong), and women cursing him for not producing their change quick enough are all incidents I’ve witnessed in that deli.” “I am sick and tired of this neighborhood falling victim to absolute ignorance… Those people need to be caught and put away for a VERY long time.”

Will it happen? Looks like they nabbed two (potential) perps. Read more on the Prospect Heights Message Board

Prospect Heights Food: Worth an Hour Wait?

Posted by dailyheights on Wednesday 28 March 2007 at 11:50 pm

Thanks to foodgenius for giving us a close-up on BEAST Brunch - three cheese omelet on croissant - and her report on chronic and prolonged delays for Prospect Heights food, one would assume due to surging demand (or possibly no-show waitstaff?). She says an hour-long wait squashed that “magical brunch mood” over at Beast… which was insult to injury after a 2+ hour wait at Tavern on Dean on Underhill Avenue. The common thread: “scant apology, recognition or compensation” for either travesty of foodservice.

Naked Jogging Man on St. Marks

Posted by dailyheights on Wednesday 28 March 2007 at 10:00 pm

random16 writes on the Prospect Heights Message Board:

“…walked out of my apartment this morning to see a naked man jogging. He was turning the corner from Carlton onto St. Marks… It seemed has though he’d just shed his clothes and left them on the sidewalk. Not something I hope to see tomorrow or anytime after…”

Huh… you should have sicced these dogs after him:

They belong to shishkab, who writes: the last freak who pulled something like this when i was around was an idiot who didn’t really think the situation through… I was walking my dogs at the time. I just dropped the leashes and yelled “GET HIM!” …” hilarity ensues…

That’s nothing. Did you hear the one about the huge naked muscle-bound freak barrelling down Lincoln Ave. on roller skates? Swap “naked running man” stories on the Prospect Heights Message Board

Fairly-Traded Coffee in Prospect Heights

Posted by dailyheights on Friday 16 March 2007 at 8:29 am

That Yarn Guy writes on the Brooklynian.com Prospect Heights Message Board: “Prospect Perk is launching their new fairly-traded coffee, Equal Exchange (bag on left). I was drawn in by the new, shiny machines.

I tried it at a tasting two months ago… it’s nice and strong (like a friendly ox), mellow (like a hippie), but never bitter and confused (like a poet on meds).

Help Murat, Orat, Johan and Nora kick it off this weekend. Try it with a Pete’s Deadly Double-chocolate Brownie or a Chili-chocolate Spice Cookie. New coffee, new cookies, same lovable slacker dudes and dudettes.

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