#BreakThings: Quitting Caffeine

04.07.21

I am not a habitually drinker of caffeine, except during the legislative session.

20 out of 24 months, I consume almost no caffeine. During the session, 2-3 cups per day of coffee, tea, soda, etc.. The uptick is obscene.

So every April, as we count down to the end of the session, I start cutting back. No caffeine after 2pm. Making my morning latte half-caff. Herbal tea instead of black.

My detox began in earnest on Monday. So if I seem a little testy in the afternoons, please bear with me, I’m coming down from the throes of caffeine addiction.

If you want to quit caffeine, I’ve only found two things that help: chewing gum and drinking copious amounts of water.

An intern carrying a Louis Vuitton Bag was a common sight on Capitol Hill, and it always rubbed me the wrong way. So this article from The New York Times’ Ask Vanessa column about whether it is okay to wear pricey shoes and bags when you’re a junior employee was an interesting read.

Two years ago, I listened to Last Seen from WBUR, a podcast about the art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardiner Museum. It was fascinating. So I can’t wait to see the Netflix documentary, This Is a Robbery, about the heist and its aftermath.

Maybe someday we will find these priceless works of art.

Mixing up a big salad is tough. You want to mix all the ingredients well so that every bite has the right balance of vegetables, toppings, dressing, etc..

This bowl from Verishop makes mixing salad a breeze. Just grab a set of tongs and make your salads perfect. Oh, and the stand functions as a lid to save leftovers, genius.

Today, Jennifer Palmieri posted to Twitter that the head of NCAA Women’s Basketball is actually a subordinate to the head of NCAA Men’s Basketball. Imagine if your head coach at your high school for women’s basketball had to ask the men’s coach for permission to fund the program the way she knew was best. Talk about some patriarchal bulls**t.

When I retweeted that post, one of my readers shared this WaPost article with me discussing how the bloated bureaucracy at NCAA is imperiling women’s sports. They claim the girls aren’t as good, that they don’t generate enough revenue, as they eat expensive steak dinners on their luxury business trips. It’s sickening.

Raspberry Lemon Brioche Rolls with Whipped Ricotta Cream.

Oh my heavens.

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