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Monthly Archives: April 2006

My hero

Friday, April 21, 2006

I first heard of Takeru Kobayashi several years ago in a Giant Robot magazine article about the young Japanese man’s dominance of the competitive eating world. Some people consider it a sport, and if you’ve ever had the stomach-churning pleasure of watching Kobayashi put away a record-breaking 53 and 1/2 hot dogs in 12 minutes, [...]

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I’m famous!

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Well, not really…but here’s a picture of Josh and me at del Toro on the FLOR website! We’re in the third photo from the top. No, we’re not club-crawling see-and-be-scenesters or camera hos — I’d received an invite from Domino magazine (strange, since I’ve never even picked up an issue, let alone subscribe to it) [...]

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A new Intelligentsia shop!

Thursday, April 6, 2006

From the Intelligentsia website: On Friday, April 28, Intelligentsia Coffee opens its newest location at 53 and 55 E. Randolph, between Michigan and Wabash Avenues. Its nearly 1900-square-feet of space will house a full coffee bar and seating for 30 on the main floor as well as a smaller coffee bar in the city’s pedway. [...]

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