Another hot summer in the city

So Saturday was rainy in NYC, not much, a bit drizzly, but still wet.

Sunday was fantastic. Sunny and about 82 degrees. I’m enjoying that because upcoming this week, it will be 100 degrees! And that is not the “feels like” temperature, that is the actual temperature, so who knows what the feels like temp will be.

Each summer in New York, state and city, seems to get hotter. I think it is cooler in Miami to tell you the truth.

Sunday was mobbed, it was the Pride Parade, where millions of people show up. Over the years, I’ve seen the current mayor, the governor, and so many state and local politicians. Even Letitia James is there every year.

This year, the new mayor Zohran Mamdani was there – and look – he blew me a kiss, or at least blew a kiss to the girls standing next to me!

At Starbucks, I was treated like a mooching homeless man again – and I say again, because it wasn’t the first time.

The management at the Starbucks at Union Square East have chased me out, when I have been alone or with someone. It seems that they don’t like people hanging in the entry way – the vestibule.

But as you enter, there is a little bench-like area, where I sit to order on the app. It takes seconds but they always come over and chase us out, which could be quite embarrassing. Then they wonder why their sales are down at Starbucks.

I spend so much money there, especially in the summer, drinking cold brew coffees, but I may not go back to any Starbucks. Including my favorite one at home. That’s no way to treat regular customers.

We’ve even been told to move or leave in freezing winter, when we would just get in out of the cold. I’m not sure why. I could understand not wanting people to hand out there, but the whole place has many moochers sitting at tables inside the store. Most of them don’t buy anything and they just take up space playing on their laptops.

I guess I’ll boycott Starbucks for awhile. There are plenty of other places in NYC to get coffee. Plenty.