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message ☕ Charlotte + Noah

Noah: But why you gotta hate on DD like that?

Noah: Wish I could help, but gotta be honest, I don't stray that far all that often so I got nothing.

Charlotte: Because their coffee is garbage. Sorry not sorry.

Charlotte: That's okay - I've gotten tons of recs I gotta check out now anyways. It's going to be an entire coffee adventure at this rate.

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message ☕ khalil & char

Khalil: I'm guessing making your own coffee is out of the question?

Charlotte: I have a keurig in my classroom, but by the time I need that refill I'm usually covered in watercolors or markers and chasing first graders around trying to get them to stop marking on the designated wall.

Charlotte: Or I've accidentally used my mug to wash the paintbrushes in again. That happens about once a week.

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message ☕ charlotte + roz

Roz: UWS is my usual stomping grounds.

Roz: Cafe Lalo is my go-to there.

Roz: Why a panic and a rush? Coffee is meant to be savored and enjoyed.

Charlotte: So just across the park from mine, then :)

Charlotte: If I had any time to savor and enjoy it, I would. Instead, I inhale and devour it - usually several times a day.

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message ☕ charlotte + britt

Britt: do you not have a lot of time usually?

Britt: what keeps you busy?

Charlotte: School, mostly. I teach art to k-8th at a private school uptown, and do private lessons with 9-12th graders there too. And then I try to do my own work on the weekends. Or travel. Whenever we get a long weekend, I'm usually at JFK within hours of school letting out with a plane ticket in hand.

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mssg || charlise

Elise: ugh look at that galaxy formation i'm dead it's so gorgeous

Elise: this is also a great way to tell someone that you have crabs

Elise: NOT THAT I HAVE CRABS

Elise: i did have a hermit crab for a bit when i was a kid but then my mom told me he ran away to go back to the ocean :(

Charlotte: damn. that IS a great way. i'm gonna have to save it in case i ever have someone who needs it.

Charlotte: Did he actually run away or did your mom accidentally kill it? My younger sister killed my goldfish. She tried to give it a bubble bath.

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message ☕ charlise.

Elise: oooh dang girl. what do you teach?

Elise: personally i'm all about shoving sugar down my throat but we know i'm the exception and not the rule

Elise: do you have some connections i need to know about before we proceed? will i wake up tomorrow with my kneecaps?

Charlotte: Art at a private school uptown. I focus mostly on the younger grades - k-8th, but I do some private work with the upper school girls who've been there with me for years too.

Charlotte: If you don't wake up with your kneecaps, that's definitely not me. If I had connections to the mob, my favorite coffee places wouldn't keep dying.

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nyilu 📲 LENNY + CHARLOTTE

Lenny: dude, you've got great parents

Lenny: if i'd told mine they would have had all of my tias and the whole damn catholic church praying for me

Charlotte: To be fair, I don't know if they were listening. But with 8 children, at least a few of us had to be gay, right? I think they knew the odds weren't in their favor for anything less.

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nyilu 📲 LENNY + CHARLOTTE

Lenny: we can probably never watch movies together

Lenny: but i didn't hate titanic

Lenny: leo and kate were my first bi disaster crush so i can't hate on you. it's not what kate would want.

Charlotte: You can never hate anyone who had the same problem with Leo & Kate. I had decided at the age of 8 that I was going to marry both of them. My parents were in full support.

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nyilu 📲 OPEN

LENNY: movie recs, go!

LENNY: and yes, i am judging our compatibility by your answers.

LENNY: 😘

Charlotte: Does keeping TLC on in the background count?

Charlotte: I'm a sucker for romance movies. Titanic, The Notebook, anything with Katherine Heigl.

Charlotte: What was the right answer?

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mssg || open

ELISE: ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SATURDAY SPACE FUN?

ELISE: mmk so here's what we do. put your birthday in this website and it'll show you an image that the hubble space telescope captured on your big day.

ELISE: https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday

ELISE: [https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/hst_bday/images/january-13-2019-andromeda-galaxy.jpg]

ELISE: look how pretty i am 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Charlotte: Yours is so pretty!!! Mine is a little more 'crabby'.

Charlotte: https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/hst_bday/images/march-11-2019-southern-crab-nebula.png

Charlotte: I make myself laugh.

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message ☕ charlotte + britt

Britt: i like hutch and waldo bc they do awesome smoothies too bc i'm not much of a coffee drinker myself but a lot of other people seem to really like their coffees!

Charlotte: I love smoothies too, so maybe I'll add it to my 'list of places to go in the city when I have time' which is. Getting infinitely longer.

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message ☕ charlotte + roz

Roz: when i'm in that part of the city my go to is irving farms since their space is huge and i can always always find a table or chair to claim for a little while and chill.

Roz: they've also got a great menu, lots of baked goods, but my usual order is cold brew and a bagel.

Charlotte: I'm not too worried about space - I'm getting it to go, usually in a panic and a rush - but I like a good bagel on my way too.

Charlotte: What part of the city are you usually in?

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message ☕ charlotte & ben.

ben: easy, look up how to get in touch with the mob and then ask for some coffee.

ben: but, nah. i'm not a big coffee drinker but when i do drink it, i usually go for DD and usually in Brooklyn. heard Stumptown Coffee Roasters is good, though.

Charlotte: That's probably easier than it should be.

Charlotte: Stumptown Coffee Roasters. I'll add them to my list of things to try.

Charlotte: I'll go anywhere for good coffee - or just coffee in general, if it gets really bad - but I might have to suffer and start making my own at this rate. Everyone's top suggestions are in Brooklyn.

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message ☕ khalil & char

Khalil: Nah, you can get better donuts anywhere else, but some of those sugary coffees smack.

Khalil: But if you really wanna avoid big coffee names, Ole & Steen smacks. It's not near where you're looking though.

Charlotte: Damn. I'll keep it in mind for a day off, but I really need something on my way. I can't be late for work, and I absolutely can not drink the swill they have in the teachers lounge because it's worse than sewer water.

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message ☕ khalil & char

Khalil: Hey, now. Let's not pretend that Dunkin isn't what's held this country together for the past 30 years.

Charlotte: Killer donuts, awful coffee. I think it’s literally made from sewer water.

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message ☕ charlise.

Elise: have you tried the coffee inn? they have ridiculous donuts AND ridiculous coffee

Elise: HEY I HAVE AN IDEA!

Elise: you should totally meet me there one day so i can give you a donut flight and we can bond over the mafia ruining everything

Charlotte: I haven't but I am always up for donuts first thing in the morning. Just don't tell the students - some of those girls are so food conscious I feel like shoving sugar down their throats.

Charlotte: Yes! I'd totally be up for that - this is the second of my favorite joints that's been shut down because of the mob and I'm getting tired of it. I thought they were supposed to be successful, not destroying good coffee.

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message ☕ open.

Atlas: there's a food truck that usually hangs out around the park near UES that has pretty good coffee. but honestly, like most things around here, the best coffee is in brooklyn.

Charlotte: I can do a food truck. Brooklyn is outta the way, though, just a tad. Maybe on a Saturday adventure, but I barely have the time to go from the LES to the UES.