Today’s City section has an article about how the city’s coffee baristers “serve as impeccable barometers for both the weather and mood of their constituency.” With temperatures in the 70s and peaking in the low 80s these past few days, New Yorkers have been opting for the iced latte.
Along with the iced lattes, shorts sleeves, and the baring of skin, the motorcycles with their mufflers amplified to a million decibels also indicate that warmer and longer days are ahead of us. The colorful Kawasakis, Ducatis, and even the Hawgs are setting off all car alarms in their wake, and deafening ears, as they zip through town. Over in the Gowanus, Nelson’s Hawg House on 12th Street even marked the riding season with a block party BBQ.
