Tag Archives: coffee house

Book Making

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

If you are a regular visitor to Travel Between The Pages, you will be well aware that I am enamored with books. I have been a bibliophile since I picked up my first book. By this I mean that I … Continue reading →

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Kyoto Retreat

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

During my all too brief week in Kyoto, I was unable to visit one of the city’s best kept secrets due to scheduling conflicts. If find yourself in the old imperial capital and you want to escape the frenetic pace … Continue reading →

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Comedians In Cars Getting Books

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

In this season’s finale to Jerry Seinfeld’s fantastic web series Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, he and the inimitable Stephen Colbert not only get coffee—at the Bluestone Coffee Co. in Montclair, N.J.— they also pop in at Watchung Booksellers to … Continue reading →

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Not Your Corner Starbucks

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

We are living in a golden age of coffeehouses and coffee culture, but for me nothing will ever match the charms of the quintessentially Viennese kaffeehaus. Give me a groβer schwarzer , ein apfelstrudel and the daily paper in one … Continue reading →

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Art of a Good Cup of Joe

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in March we featured a post on photographer Henry Hargreaves’ wonderful food-based maps. During the past year he has been working on another project that involves collecting and photographing coffee shop take-out cups from around the world. The … Continue reading →

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Around the World (by coffees)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

I’m hopelessly strung out on coffee, but I can live with the shame. However, when I’m traveling, I sometimes find myself at a loss on the correct way to order a cup of joe. And when it comes to ordering … Continue reading →

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What About Staten Island

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Earlier this month we shared a very clever New York City coffee map based on subway stops. Now the creator, Android developer Nimal Banerjee, has expanded the original Manhattan- only map to include the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. But … Continue reading →

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Best Joe in NYC

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

H/t to Nimal Banerjee of Butterfruit Labs for this fun map of the best coffeehouses in Manhattan by subway stop.

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I Want A Ziferblat (and you will too)

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Have you ever been made to feel that you’ve overstayed your welcome in a coffeeshop while reading, working or just sucking up the free wifi? Then Ziferblat is the place for you. Ziferblat is a brilliant concept—a place where you … Continue reading →

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