Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song of the Day for 4/29

Kate Pierson just celebrated her 70th birthday. It’s hard to pick just one song that best showcases her amazing voice, between her work with B-52s (the layering of her voice with Cindy Wilson’s here, yowza!) and guesting with acts like REM. But let’s show some love for one of the finest vocalists of our time by enjoying her collaboration with Iggy Pop 21x in a row.

midwest college & coffee tour (part 1)

clockwise, from top left: downtown Pittsburgh; Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis; Miller Park, Milwaukee; central branch of the Chicago River, Chicago

My wife and I took our son on a college tour during his spring break last week. In a sign of increased personal maturity and growth, before we left I acknowledged to them that my coffee obsessions may have at times imposed upon them when we travel (cough cough). So I made an offer, which was accepted: in each city I would pick only one coffee shop to visit and make a thorough inspection as fodder for a blog post, and I would make sure it was not out of the way.

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the Swiss are monsters

credit: depositphotos.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/04/12/switzerland-wants-declare-coffee-non-essential-human-survival-real-story-is-even-more-dire/?utm_term=.1cabf263be22

All I know is that when/if I finally get around to throwing together my doomsday go-bag, there’s going to be a second one with my KeepCup, Aeropress, hand grinder, and a ton of quality coffee beans.