It’s been a banner week for new coffee shops, first with the debut of Glasser Coffee Co. in Brighton, and now with the opening of Cicada Coffee Bar in Cambridge’s Central Square. The Vietnamese coffee shop, which launched Friday morning, is fueled by Vietnamese women-owned roasters: Nguyen Coffee Supply in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Càphê Roasters in Philadelphia, Penn. The menu includes cappuccinos, coconut affogatos, and the Cicada Latte, but the honey mousse espresso, or cà phê trứng, looks particularly delightful. It’s traditionally prepared with egg yolks, condensed milk, coffee, and, in Cicada’s case, local knotweed honey instead of sugar. To eat, the cafe also has a variety of bánh mì sandwiches and pho salads, plus pastries from Butternut Bakery in Arlington. Orders can be placed for pickup here.
In Grinnell, the cold has settled in.
A soft blanket of snow coats the whole campus, muting the sound of footsteps, so silent that it is a constant reminder of what could have been.
While it is a far cry from the boisterous nature of Grinnell in the past, the chill has not dampened the spirits of new Grinnellians huddled together in the dorms.
With the beginning of Spring 1, Grinnell College invited all first-years and select upperclassmen to live on campus, in addition to students who received permission to live on campus in Fall 1 and 2. Students began moving in the last week of January at staggered times, based on their dorm assignments.
"The toilet and water had been off for 24 hours. The sinks are dirty. It's just nasty. It's just not right — it's like we're not even human," one inmate told CBS News.