Soon after ABC News sent Charles Gibson to cruise around Philadelphia with Mayor Nutter, our local NBC station, the little station that could, sent one of their own reporters on a road trip with the Mayor. (You can watch it via Redlasso. Video from there still seems to crash my browser so I'll just put the link.)
The mayor doesn't seem to be as early a riser as John Street, with his notorious 3:30am wake up time, but he does work some late hours. I'm also hoping that his choice of morning beverage makes it ok for adults to order hot chocolate in the company of coffee drinkers. Maybe I'll stop getting those strange looks from folks when I order my own cup of hot chocolate-y goodness.
(As an aside, I'm still searching for the perfect cup of hot chocolate. Our city's many coffee shops and diners rave about how great their coffee is but seem to consider a good cup of hot cocoa to be an afterthought. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.)
Ok... that's my quota of fluff reporting for the day. Let's get back to the serious issues now.
Comments (3)
Naked
Posted by Anonymous | February 20, 2008 4:00 PM
Dunkin' Donuts and Cosi. Slight edge to Dunkin'.
Posted by choco-lot | February 21, 2008 11:32 AM
I'm a fan of the Dunkin' as well if you want cheap a and quick, same with Wawa.
Gotta admit Starbucks isn't bad, especially with the whip cream. There's a few coffee shops around my way who seem content to ladle out some brown water and call it hot chocolate.
Best I've ever had, however, was at a small coffee shop in Lambertville, NJ, just across the river from New Hope. Perfection... I haven't found anything like it yet in Philly.
Posted by Dan P. | February 21, 2008 5:44 PM