I’m as white as they come and I’ve known about bubble tea since at least 2006. It was really popular with pretty much every girl I knew in college. I thought it was trendy among white people then. Read more

I loved it, but then it went mainstream one summer in Germany, all the newspapers tried to prove that it was somehow bad for you, a million shops opened and even McDonalds tried to offer it and then it all collapsed. Now I can’t find any Bubble Tea anywhere, and everyone just remembers it as a dumb fad. I miss it. Read more

Oh, nice! I literally don’t know anyone else who watches it.

In fairness, you have to remember, Boba Tea and other drinks/foods may not be widely known in ALL circles. Read more

I checked like 3 times to see if this post was from like 2002 or something, who doesn’t know what boba tea is?
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I can’t say if Joanne Kaufman is a member of such, but there is a certain segment of New York City that is deeply provincial and can’t conceive of life outside of the Upper West Side. I grew up in NYC but now work at a university in the Midwest. When we were recruiting a student who was a Brooklynite going back five…

But Columbus would still be famous even if he didn’t enslave natives on the basis of his explorations, no? Read more

Statues are to honor people. Draw the line at traitors to the country, and leave the rest up for public debate.
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There may be a story in the expansion of bubble tea businesses in the United States Read more

It’s funny when a food or drink you’ve had your entire life becomes trendy. I’m Korean and grew up in SoCal, so I’ve had boba my whole life. The people that used to make fun of me for eating kimchi and boba are probably the same girls instagramming that shit now. Read more

No bobas for me. It is green tea or milk tea with agar pearls (lower in sugar). Unfortunately, they are less sweet and not as popular as bobas (sigh).
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For a hot second there, I thought that the NYT caption said there were only 8 boba shops in all of New York City and I was very confused. I mean, I guess if that was the case it might have been something worth writing an article about. Read more

It is so exotic it is even found here in Alabama. We also have something called sushi that was recently discovered but I don’t know if New York has it yet. Read more

Exotic? Its fucking tapioca. Read more

You’d think the Times would have learned their lesson after 1915's “Those Balls of Meat on Your Noodles? They Are Supposed to Be There” and 1950's “That Seasoned Pork, Onions, and Cilantro in Your, I Don’t Know, Folded-Up Cornmeal Pancake? It’s Something Mexicans Eat, And We Guess They Like That Sort of Thing”.   Read more

The Connecticut state capitol has, I think, four statues of Native Americans on its lawn. Here’s one. All stereotypical, as I recall from my one visit there.

Ponce De Leon Park, Punta Gorda, FL. Read more

Millard Fillmore, Buffalo, NY - Signed the Fugitive Slave Act, ran again in 1856 with the American Party – “an anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic party best known as the Know-Nothing Party.”

The statue of Stephen Foster and “Ned” is distasteful and ought to go. However, as a (long ago) trained musician, I can’t help but look at the details of “Ned” and think, “Now there’s a man doing what he loves.” Too bad we can’t take Foster, and the history, away and just leave the image of a person enjoying one of… Read more

No calls for removal of Wilson or FDR monuments? Read more