:p I regret most of the content/jokes here. 40% of which are cringe-worthy. This is not a blog that I'd want my nephews/nieces ...or anyone to read, actually. but it's still up here because of sentimental reasons. The blog took a lot of time to build & I just don't have the heart to delete it. If you do find the jokes funny - I'm happy to know that they're entertaining. Otherwise, here's a more "proper" one http://coffee-choc.blogspot.com ...prob not as funny, mainly about chocolates and coffee and food & music

Thursday, January 29, 2015

How to stop receiving unsolicited Nylon magazines (contact Strategic Media LLC)

Received an unsolicited copy of Nylon magazine. Called Nylon magazine's customer service number to stop subscription: 866.639.8133
Customer service rep told me that they got my details from a 3rd party and that I have to contact the 3rd party (Strategic Media LLC) at 877.266.6555 or email them at service@magazineordercenter.com to be removed from the mailing list
Called 10 times. Nobody answered phone calls.
Checked www.magazineordercenter.com 's website.
Website looks dodgy. No contact number listed.
Found that it's owned by Strategic Media LLC
http://strategicmediallc.com/contact/
Filled up the contact form to be removed from mailing list.


Wrote this:
Please remove me from the Nylon mailing list. I called Nylon, they say to contact Strategic Media LLC to take my name off the mailing list.
My details : NYN0006650790

Hope they remove me from the mailing list. Otherwise, more work and more emails to be sent:-

Partnership Opportunities: partnerships@strategicmediallc.com
Magazine and Newspaper Publishers: contact@strategicmediallc.com
Lead Generation Marketers: contact@strategicmediallc.com
Media Inquiries: pr@strategicmediallc.com

9149025960

email@strategicmediallc.com
marti@strategicmediallc.com

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Buñuelos

 
Came across the best buñuelos I've ever had (well, it was actually my first time trying buñuelos, but I'm pretty convinced that they're the best!) - at La Sabrosura Bakery in Astoria.





Best "Double Chocolate Cheesecake" and "New York Cheesecake" in NYC

@ Martha's Country Bakery in Astoria



















Yes, I usually like anything that's chocolate-flavored & coffee-flavored, but this classic slice of New York cheesecake is so good I have to include some photos of it



I did also try the chocolate cheesecake at Martha's Country Bakery. It tastes a lot better than it looks in the photo :D

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Things-to-do for coffee fans (/connoisseurs) in Seattle, Washington

Wouldn't call myself a coffee connoisseur. I'll stick with the word "fan". I love coffee but I don't usually "sample" coffee. I like only black coffee ("plain coffee", we call it in other parts of the world outside the US)...and many other forms of the black coffee - Americano, espresso, coffee of the day...whatever you call it, lol. If there's no sugar,  no milk, nothing else but just the coffee, I'll most probably like it.

So, as a coffee-fan...while in Seattle I had to see the first ever Starbucks (at Pike Place Market..)
I've met some anti-corporation coffee snub friends who avoid Starbucks just because it's Starbucks...lol, but I like the blonde roast (cuz it's healthier..and has higher antioxidant levels) and Starbucks is the only place that I know of that sells blonde roast (light roast) coffee
I didn't get coffee there, I had my coffee at Columbia Tower Center
Coffee-time + views from Columbia Tower Center



Walked around Seattle after coffee. It is a small city, clean(er) than NYC, kind of reminds me of San Francisco. Some photos of the Escala luxury condominium from the E.L. James' book Fifty Shades of Grey.
It's a porno book, a fun read (in my opinion. So if you're not looking for anything challenging you might enjoy it) that somehow found its way to mainstream bookshelves. Had to laugh at Salman Rushdie's comment on the book: "Fifty Shades of Grey makes Twilight look like War and Peace"

My favorite place in Seattle is a neighborhood called Capitol Hill