January 2011
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Email
Sent: January 23, 2011 6:57:46 PM
From: Megan Gebhart
To: Betsy Miner-Swartz
Hi Betsy, I am a senior at MSU and a friend of Robin. I am working on a year-long blogging project titled 52 Cups of Coffee (http://www.52cups.tumblr.com). Each week for a year, I’m having coffee with someone I don’t know and writing about what I learn in the process. I have heard wonderful...
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Cup 24
Person: Angela Shetler
Drink: Starbucks venti coffee to go
I’d set my alarm early enough to run to the corner Starbucks and back before nine. I hadn’t gotten used to the early morning routine of the semester and knew waking up would require something stronger than what my puny coffee maker could brew. Once back in my room, I sat down at my computer and got ready to chat.
Angela Shetler was also...
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Email
Sent: December 16, 2010 at 4:07 PM, M
From: Megan Gebhart
To: Angela Shetler
Hi Angela, I am sorry for being bad at my correspondence! l blame it on finals week, but that is a poor excuse. If you’re free to skype next week, I can be really flexible anytime after Sunday. I’ll be at my parents house looking for something to keep me occupied! Let me know what your schedule looks...
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Cup 23
Person: Barry Litwin
Drink: House coffee Wild Board Coffee
I met Barry at a coffee shop in Fort Collins, Colorado—a city not too far from my grandma’s house, where I was staying for a few days before flying back to Michigan.
I’d found out him through my friend Emily. A few weeks ago, she emailed me with information about a friend of hers I had to meet—a former Wall Street man that had worked as a...
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Email
Sent: Jan 1, 2011, at 4:43 PM
From: Megan Gebhart
To: Barry Arthur Litwin
Hi Barry,
Happy New Year! I am a friend of Emily Winter’s. I believe she told you about me, but in case she didn’t—I am a senior at Michigan State. I am currently working on a project called 52 Cups of Coffee (http://www.52cups.tumblr.com), where each week for a year I talk to someone I...
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Cup 22
Person: Abby Ward
Drink: Small coffee from Brothers Coffee, Gillette, Wyoming
Just when you think you know someone, you learn something new.
Richard Ward works at the Public Library with my mom. Growing up, the library was practically my second home so I’ve known Richard and his wonderful wife, Rachel Nava, for a long time.
The family member I did not know was Abby, the daughter they adopted from...
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Cup 21
Person: Torya Blanchard
Drink: Cup of brewed house coffee
Torya Blanchard was caught shoplifting when she was 15—a few weeks before a trip to Paris for her 16th birthday. When she got home, her mother’s furious words were simple, “Only good girls go to Paris!”
Her mother doesn’t remember the scolding but it’s something Torya will never forget. 15 years after the trip to Paris, Torya...