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Salt & Pepper Diner Essential Song of the Day for 6/27

This song, sonically speaking, is haunting and beautiful and the best kind of earworm. But it’s the lyrics, I just can’t quite figure them out. Is the narrator someone to be admired, pitied, or despised? Listen to it 21x in a row and let me know what you think.

mini review: Blue Bottle Coffee, Georgetown

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Blue Bottle, a roaster and cafe operator founded in Oakland, California, is a leading player in coffee’s third wave. It has grown significantly since raising capital from private equity investors, and global food megaconglomerate Nestlé now owns a majority stake in the company.

What was once a spunky little indie now is a growing global presence, with stores in California, New York, DC, Miami, Boston, Japan, and soon South Korea. But unlike certain other global coffee chains (cough cough), you’ll still get an amazing coffee from Blue Bottle.