Category Archives: Starbucks

A Little Tenderness

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m in Starbucks crying, the happiness I promised myself nowhere to be found. While huddled in a corner wrapped in layers of wool, wondering if spring will ever come again, a baby in the tiniest red hoodie, toddles over to … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Family, grace, humanity, humor, inspiration, kids, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged acts of compassion, angels in our midst, giving birth, melancholia, The changing of seasons | 43 Comments

A Heart Pried Open

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

It’s not easy being sensitive. There isn’t a homeless person that escapes my notice, a blind man I don’t see, or a stray cat under a car wishing I could coax home, so it’s no surprise I spotted Andy. There’s … Continue reading →

Posted in alcohol, Faith, food, grace, humanity, inspiration, Love, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged Alcoholics Anonymous, consciousness of all living things, Counting your blessings, Matthew 25:31-46, random acts of kindness | 49 Comments

Best Story of the Week…October 24

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

A woman with enough plastic surgery to make her eligible for Mount Rushmore, is in Starbucks on her phone. As I’m pouring milk I hear her say, “I don’t know about Halloween. Should he be a clown or a pirate. … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Culture, Family, Fashion, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged Dressing up your dog, eavesdropping, Halloween 2019, The Upper East Side of New York, Too much plastic surgery | 26 Comments

Best Story of the Week…July 19

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

Thursday…8 A.M It’s pouring. The kind of rain that drenches and drowns despite umbrellas, Wellies and yellow rain slickers. I’m tooling out of Starbucks with my birthday latte, yes, they treat you to the item of your choice if you … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Family, grace, humanity, humor, inspiration, media, money, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words | Tagged a rainy day, Good Manners, inappropriate cell phone use, Muhammad Ali, Starbucks Coffee | 49 Comments

Observations

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

Dogs in raincoats. They seem genuinely embarrassed in their yellow slickers with the collar turned up. They look at you as if to say…yeah I know, but she feeds me, she hugs me. What are you gonna do. You gotta … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, humanity, humor, inspiration, men, New York City, Starbucks, words | Tagged Dressing up your dog, inappropriate cell phone use, New York tourism, people watching, seasonal cleavage, Shakespeare in the Park | 40 Comments

Weirdest Story of the Week…January 3

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Susannah Bianchi

I’m in Starbucks courtesy of a Christmas present, happily sipping a large latte without a care in the world. It’s early on New Years’s Day so I’m pretty much alone until… a man sits on my right, a woman, my … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks | Tagged inappropriate cell phone use, Manners going south, Online dating, yentas | 32 Comments

Pollyanna Flips

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I love to give…from the heart, when it opens in truth towards another. But alas, it’s that time of year when those have tos, rear their cocky, cheeky, entitled heads. We get a letter every December first, stating, how many … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, dessert, Faith, grace, Gratitude, Home, inspiration, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged Christmas 2018, Giving from the heart, St. Teresa of Calcutta | 27 Comments

Best Story of the Week…Nanny and the Thin Girl

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I truly don’t look for trouble, but sometimes trouble finds me, like a homing pigeon coming in for a landing. It’s cold. People are bundled like Eskimos, so I ask you, why a 3 year-old is shivering in her stroller … Continue reading →

Posted in creative writing, Culture, Family, Health, humanity, humor, inspiration, kids, Love, men, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words | Tagged bad nannies, child neglect, New York winter weather, New York's Finest the Police, rich families | 48 Comments

Best Story of the Week…December 7

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

There’s a new paperboy on my corner after the old one got a better job, who was at least smart enough to wait inside Starbucks for his paper delivery. This new fella, however, much shyer, stoically stands outside shivering until … Continue reading →

Posted in creative writing, Culture, Fashion, grace, humanity, inspiration, Love, media, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged paperboys, random acts of kindness, Selling newspapers, The New York Post, The New York Times, winter weather | 25 Comments

Worst Story of the Week…September 27

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

I was accosted at Starbucks by a guy I know who reads my blog. Why, has always been a mystery since he seems to HATE everything I write. As I was putting in my customary 25 packets of sugar into … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, New York City, Politics, readng, Starbucks, words, writing | Tagged American presidents, athingirl.com, born again Christians, differences of opinion, Kavanaugh hearings, Leadership in Turbulent times Doris Kearns Goodwin, Megan McCain's eulogy for John McCain, President Donald Trump, Twitter | 21 Comments