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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Tuesday Deadline Linkdump
Time again for my weekly Vermont blog roundup:
• Radio Bean in Burlington? Bad Girls Cafe in Johnson? The Village Cup in Jericho? Vote for your favorite Vermont coffee joint on Vermont Hum. I guess this is a good time to point out that you can also leave comments about these places on our Seven Nights Dining and Nightlife Guide.
• Beauty is truth, truth beauty. Outrageouschaos does not appear to be a still unravish'd bride of quietness, but she agrees with Keats. In case you can't tell, I love this blog.
• Ouch! Charity Tensel totally disses Loyal Ploof, who attempted to run for Burlington City Council as a Republican. Today Ploof has announced he's not running after all.
• I didn't make the connection until yesterday that the Steve Mermelstein who blogs at #!/usr/bin/geek is the same Steve Mermelstein who owns the old Milton Bowling Center, which is about to be leased to a national retailer.
• They're buried at the end of this post, but Philip Baruth links to some fascinating online projects related to governmental transperancy.
• More discussion of the governor's e-state concept from tech savvy Tom Evslin of Stowe.
• Who's the Boss now? Mistress Maeve blogs about nekkid pictures of Danny Pintauro (aka Jonathon Bower from WTB?)
January 23, 2007 at 11:19 AM in VT Blogs | Permalink
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Posted by: Michael Wood-Lewis | Jan 23, 2007 11:43:07 AM
FYI -- Bad Girls is no more. They sold to some new folks who renamed it, "The Groovin' Beans" ...
I bet you thought that nobody could come up with a worse name for a coffee shop than "Bad Girls" ... well, they did.
Yep ... "The Groovin' Beans" ... the name is so bad that I won't even go in anymore.
Posted by: A Johnson Coffee Drinker | Jan 23, 2007 1:38:00 PM
No! I always stopped at Bad Girls in Johnson! I loved that place! Groovin' Beans is an awful name. I'll still go there, though, next time I'm in town.
Posted by: cresmer | Jan 23, 2007 1:42:03 PM
Yea, I was just kidding when I said that I won't go there anymore. It's still a really nice place to get a hot drink, a sandwich. It's also a great place to go to catch up on the Johnson gossip.
Posted by: A Johnson Coffee Drinker | Jan 23, 2007 3:05:44 PM
Come on. "Totally disses"? That language is a little strong. I said, and I quote,
"I would have gladly welcomed Loyal Ploof, who volunteered on one of my City Council campaigns. There is common ground there, with Loyal. I do not dispute that.
My problem is with how the situation transpired."
Anyway, thanks for the link. I sure don't mind the traffic.
Posted by: Charity | Jan 23, 2007 9:12:46 PM
Charity, I was referring to this: As John Briggs in the Free Press reported this morning, my thoughts were that it was like watching a car accident - "really shocking to have that happen in front of you. You want to stop it, but you can't. "
That is a total dis! Er, totalled dis...
My apologies for not also drawing attention to the fact that you tried to emphasize your common ground.
Posted by: cresmer | Jan 24, 2007 8:19:53 AM
"Totalled." Funny.
I guess that line is pretty harsh. The comment was made about how easy it was for someone, who is clearly not a Republican, or at least never has been, to just come in and become the party's candidate. It was very surreal to watch.
I guess there is no way to sugar-coat my comments, though. They were not favorable.
Posted by: Charity | Jan 24, 2007 4:28:11 PM
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