Category Archives: Starbucks

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

Best Story of the Week…8/16/2018

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

It’s early and rainy, forgoing my run, instead, heading to Starbucks a few blocks away. Though the door is open, no one is in the front, so I patiently wait trying not to steal any cookies that are all winking … Continue reading →

Posted in comedy, Family, food, humanity, humor, Love, New York City, Starbucks, women | Tagged a girl's maternal side, babies having babies, fathers in jail, I Love Lucy Candy Factory Episode, random acts of kindness | 18 Comments

Tags, Tacos and a Thingirl

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Susannah Bianchi

It’s 6 A.M. and I’m en route to the train, my neighborhood slowly waking up. Starbucks has just opened, Jose is at his cart busy arranging his donuts, and there’s a short, chubby Latino fellow standing beside a taco truck … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, Fashion, food, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks, words | Tagged Early morning in New York, food vendors, Manhattan coffee carts, the art of observation | 10 Comments