On becoming a doctor

One week ago was the Graduate Convocation at my university, where I got to wear some fancy robes and walk across a stage and shake the hands of some official looking dudes. This is seen as the for-realsies...

Espresso Train: Ground Central

Location: 155 East 52nd Street (Between 3rd Ave. & Lexington Ave.) One of the really cool things about all the espresso places around New York City is how wildly different they can look and feel between one another....

Espresso Train : Rex Coffee

Location: 864 10th Ave, New York, NY 10019 Unlike what some maps resembling NYC’s subway system would have you believe, Rex Coffee sits about half a mile away from Columbus Circle, just south of John Jay College. I...

On The Coffee Map of Manhattan

Coffee is awesome. Not just as a life-sustaining caffeine source – though that’s certainly a major contributor – but also as a culmination of several aspects of my life into one neat, delicious package. The production of a...

The Beginning

Once upon a time… There was a scientist. Freshly minted as a doctor, and having only a tenuous grasp of what he wanted to do with himself, he looked deeply into the abyss of endless opportunity that sprawled...