Word: cappuccino
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...tools of his trade--espresso maker, blender, coffee bean grinder. And everyone would flock around him, ordering their ice-blended mochas, with a double shot of espresso, no sugar, just sweet 'n' low, extra-chocolate, banana, decaf, please...and just a dab of whipped cream. Or maybe a hot cappuccino...
Call the new sound coffeehouse pop. It has a comforting warmth, a topping of sugary froth, and it provides a kind of buzz, like sipping a cappuccino in a corner cafe. It is led, mostly, by female singer-songwriters, writing primarily from a feminist point of view. On her hit song Bitch, Meredith Brooks declares that she wants to "reclaim a word that had taken on a really derogatory meaning." But ideology or no, these women are unafraid to celebrate their own sensuality. On the inside flap of her album, Jewel poses in a sexy yellow swimsuit...
...rise of the cappuccino machine," sniffs Princeton professor Anthony Grafton, referring to the revolution in literary retailing. He teaches the history of reading and says his students "are less widely read now than a generation ago." Less widely, but perhaps more fashionably. Daisy Maryles, executive editor of Publishers Weekly, notes that "people want to read something they view as significant or trendy or that people are talking about." Could books be the latest life-style accessories? The equivalent of cigars for the brain? Several liquor firms have taken to sponsoring literary evenings at which prospective single-malt-Scotch buyers clink...
Grace J. Gordon, a local resident, said she had noticed the new sign when she drove by and stopped in later for a cappuccino ice cream...
From his vantage point in Rome, where he has lived for two years, Leavitt views the Esquire flap with a mixture of irritation and bemusement. "I wish the story had been published," he says, sipping a cup of cappuccino at a Neapolitan cafe near the Chamber of Deputies. "I think it would have gotten a lot of attention as a story, and not as a news story." He doubts that any automobile ads would have been pulled from the magazine if his story had appeared in its pages. "Do you know how many gay men own Jeeps...