Comments on: Morning Coffee: Grounded http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-89558 Tom Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:32:34 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/#comment-89558 Yep, Grounded is by far my fav coffee spot in the city. It's a combination of Great Coffee & Relaxing Environment That I like the most. The first photo at the top of this page tells it all! In fact, I think I'll go to Grounded for a coffee & biscotti right now. To be continued......... Yep, Grounded is by far my fav coffee spot in the city. It’s a combination of Great Coffee & Relaxing Environment That I like the most. The first photo at the top of this page tells it all! In fact, I think I’ll go to Grounded for a coffee & biscotti right now. To be continued………

]]> By: aj http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-46374 aj Mon, 07 May 2007 15:43:20 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/#comment-46374 Given that there's no "real" Doug Camilli anyway -- it's popularly assumed to be a nom-de-plume for Gazette editorial type Brian Kappler -- and that I doubt he reads blogs...no it's not him ;) The stroller mom thing is endemic to gentrifying neighborhoods in Brooklyn (Park Slope to be specific); it refers to a certain type of affluent newcomers to the neighborhood who have a certain sense of overweening entitlement granted by parenthood...they wield their designer strollers like they're SUVs, without any regard for other pedestrians, and/or insist on bringing children into ostensibly 'grown-up' environments like quiet coffeehouses and even bars, to name what some Brooklynites are peeved about. <a href="http://www.brooklynrecord.com/archives/2007/01/beware_the_park_1.html" rel="nofollow">It's not all moms, just some</a>... Given that there’s no “real” Doug Camilli anyway — it’s popularly assumed to be a nom-de-plume for Gazette editorial type Brian Kappler — and that I doubt he reads blogs…no it’s not him ;)

The stroller mom thing is endemic to gentrifying neighborhoods in Brooklyn (Park Slope to be specific); it refers to a certain type of affluent newcomers to the neighborhood who have a certain sense of overweening entitlement granted by parenthood…they wield their designer strollers like they’re SUVs, without any regard for other pedestrians, and/or insist on bringing children into ostensibly ‘grown-up’ environments like quiet coffeehouses and even bars, to name what some Brooklynites are peeved about. It’s not all moms, just some…

]]> By: Christopher DeWolf http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-44581 Christopher DeWolf Tue, 01 May 2007 17:33:31 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/#comment-44581 Are you the real "Doug Camilli" or just an admirer? Are you the real “Doug Camilli” or just an admirer?

]]> By: Doug Camilli http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-44576 Doug Camilli Tue, 01 May 2007 16:39:25 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/#comment-44576 Wow, get over yourself already. "Stroller moms"? Aren't you precious. Wow, get over yourself already. “Stroller moms”? Aren’t you precious.

]]> By: Sam Imberman http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/comment-page-1/#comment-44491 Sam Imberman Tue, 01 May 2007 09:25:12 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/04/30/morning-coffee-9-grounded/#comment-44491 Amazing. Apparently I passed that place twice a week all of last summer and never went in. And to think, I had been searching for a good area coffee shop the whole time. Thanks. Amazing. Apparently I passed that place twice a week all of last summer and never went in. And to think, I had been searching for a good area coffee shop the whole time.

Thanks.

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