Intelligentsia: Summer Solstice Blend

After visiting the Lincoln Park farmers market on Saturday morning, Thor, Thor's PA and I went to Intelligentsia on Broadway. Not much to say about the place, other than they still have the egg timer for the French press (a nice touch) and that the raspberry scone was pretty good (great berries). However, I do want to make note of Intelligentsia's summer blend, Summer Solstice. I bought a pound ground for French press, which I used on Sunday morning. What a wonderful cup of coffee. Fruity with a velvety mouthfeel, the blend is rich but not overpowering. It was only enhanced by the Trader's Point cream-on-top whole milk that I had bought at the Green City Market.

A note on the Lincoln Park Farmers Market, not bad. Nichols and Green Acres are both there, but too many Maclaren strollers (at least the Bugaboos had not yet invaded), no fresh eggs. I guess we'll be heading back up to Evanston next Saturday.

Just curious: how do Mclarens and "Bugaboos" differ from other strollers? They are worse in some way?

"Worse" may not be the right word to use. They are both status strollers, though the Maclaren less so now than the Bugbaboo, which starts at $700. Since Thor was born, I get the e-mail edition of Urbanbaby.com, which had this http://chicago.urbanbaby.com/ub_daily/072804dailyc.htm to say about both in "Rig Envy".

Yikes! (I suppose the status of the Aprica(?), the only stroller name I know, is a pre-historic factoid by now.)