tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post2195153262882987477..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: What my great-grandmother wouldn't have recognized as BrooklynPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-24711206140235984472013-01-31T10:00:53.529-05:002013-01-31T10:00:53.529-05:00"I just have this semi-rational belief that c...<i>"I just have this semi-rational belief that coffee made by a hipster, preferably one who has made me feel especially square during the ordering process, tastes better than other coffee."</i><br /><br />In my experience, this is indeed true. Snooty baristas highly correlate to superior product.<br /><br />To put the shoe on the other foot, were I an underpaid barista serving superior product, I'd be damn snooty too. Gotta get your compensation somehow...<br /><br />(But what do I know. I actually think that French notions of customer service are a societal good.)<br /><br />-----<br /><br /><i>"I thought these women in Greenpoint were Polish?"</i><br /><br />Ah. The old Polish women in Greenpoint tell a <b>very</b> different history than the old Ukrainian women in Greenpoint do.<br /><br />Their story is that it all dates back to the opening of Galapagos, which gradually raised Darwinian consciousness throughout the borough, leading to a widespread awareness of the evolutionary heritage of pretty much anything for sale in Brooklyn.<br /><br />As to who got it right, the Poles or the Ukrainians, I remain agnostic.Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-22707206804898013272013-01-30T19:00:45.652-05:002013-01-30T19:00:45.652-05:00Caryatis,
I just have this semi-rational belief t...Caryatis,<br /><br />I just have this semi-rational belief that coffee made by a hipster, preferably one who has made me feel especially square during the ordering process, tastes better than other coffee.<br /><br />Petey,<br /><br />I thought these women in Greenpoint were Polish?<br /><br />But if one beer alone gets credit, impressive!Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-27515530977168147352013-01-30T18:24:53.726-05:002013-01-30T18:24:53.726-05:00"I don't know what it means that Brooklyn...<i>"I don't know what it means that Brooklyn is the home of heritage-chic, but I must learn."</i><br /><br />I believe it dates back to when Pabst Blue Ribbon opened up their first brewery, which happened to be located in Brooklyn, of course.<br /><br />The brewery was about to go under due to the low quality of its product, when the locals noted the irony value of the beer. Soon it became a roaring success and went on to go national.<br /><br />And just as artists can gentrify a neighborhood for bankers, so can a humble beer with irony value gentrify a whole borough for heritage-chic.<br /><br />Or so goes the story all the old Ukrainian women in Greenpoint tell...Peteynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-49819871599841155202013-01-30T16:03:17.582-05:002013-01-30T16:03:17.582-05:00So why do you like snobby baristas?So why do you like snobby baristas?caryatisnoreply@blogger.com