1-I love my new neighborhood! Or neighborhoodS I should say. My post office is in Chinatown, my bank in the Financial District, my petfood store in North Beach, our videostore in Russian Hill, our Friday night Indian restaurant in the Tenderloin, and our doorstep in Nob Hill—all within walking distance, I love it!
2-French press coffee rules. We are new to the FP, but definitely converts. We tried it with Peet's beans, but have had most success so far, taste-wise, with Illy's Espresso Cofee, Fine Grind, Medium Roast. Some say not to use the Fine Grind but it works & tastes great. We may branch out and try Blue Bottle since it is local & delicious and would cut down on transportation resources (but it is def. more expensive).
3-Lastly, but importantly, at our new building, the recycling only gets picked up like 1x/month. We are used to weekly pick up so we have started a collection in our living room since not all our waste will fit in the bins! I feel like one of those collectors who has to pave a path through their garbage to make it to the bathroom—yuk! Point being, it has forced, literally, P Beau & I to examine our waste and consider ways we could cut down. Even though it is going to recycling, it takes a lot of resources to make all that packaging and we just buy it and toss it out. If anyone has any suggestions, please share!
2 comments:
love that you're excited about your new place! i'm not a coffee drinker, but c beau definitely prefers the FP (though mostly these days opts for the convenience of the coffee pot's automated timer so it's ready for his very early mornings!) crazy about your recycling! some weeks we fill up almost 2 bins, so i can't imagine having to keep it all for the month. my only suggestion is maybe to compost some of the paper packaging, but depending on the composting pickup, you may have the same problem!
we've been calling and apparently they are going to do a better pick up job. looking in to more items I can buy bulk though, like granola, peanut butter, etc. I also found out there's a close-by compost drop for my neighborhood, which is great b/c our building wasn't too excited to get a bin.
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