Foto Friday: belated documentation of birthday awesomeness 16 September 2011 9:20 am
Posted by Tracy in : convenience,dessert,family,fun,life,photos,pictures,recipes,summer , add a commentMy super-awesome 32nd birthday, let me show you it!
Firstly, you may have heard about the hurricane that was due in town that day? I know, it ended up getting downgraded to a tropical storm, but I think on the whole New York City did a good job of responding to this weather event, unlike during Snowpocalypse 2010 (Snowmageddon? I don’t remember what it was called). In any case, the impending storm doom that ended up flooding Vermont (?!) precluded a party, since everybody was supposed to be staying indoors all day (even if it did end up clear and actually kind of lovely). Meanwhile, there was the problem of avoiding caffeine withdrawal headaches in the event of power outages….
Cold-brew coffee to the rescue!

Yay cold brew! Also yay nifty double-walled glasses Peter got for his birthday (thanks Lois!)
If I had known how fun and easy cold-brewing coffee is, I would have started doing it years ago, so it’s probably a good thing I didn’t find out until last month because my caffeine addiction is bad enough already, thanks. Anyway, (more…)





