{"id":478,"date":"2006-09-26T23:07:40","date_gmt":"2006-09-27T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2006-09-26T23:32:18","modified_gmt":"2006-09-27T06:32:18","slug":"blogoff-post-101-taking-the-espresso-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/478\/blogoff-post-101-taking-the-espresso-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogoff Post #101: Taking the espresso bus . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/lg_baristaItalia.jpg\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"6\"\/>We have the graphite version, very elegant. I buy the beans out of the silver bag at Starbucks, never the pre-packed stuff. Number 2 grind. Number 1 (Turkish) works, but it&#8217;s too easy to pack down, and then it burns. The number 2 grind is on the edge of being too loose, so sometimes the crema is a little foamy, but the flavor is excellent. I make double-shots, two of those for me, plus half-a-cup of steamed milk. A very eye-opening cup of coffee&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who came to watch us play. If you&#8217;ve left email or comments for me, I&#8217;ll get to them Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/ardell.realtownblogs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ardell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sellsiusrealestate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sellsius&deg;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/kevinboer.blogspot.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotlightre.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotlightre.com\/blog\/?p=73\" target=\"_blank\">The<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotlightre.com\/blog\/?p=74\" target=\"_blank\">Property<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotlightre.com\/blog\/?p=75\" target=\"_blank\">Monger<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotlightre.com\/blog\/?p=76\" target=\"_blank\">Rocks<\/a>!<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/blogging\" rel=\"tag\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/sellsius 101\" rel=\"tag\">sellsius 101<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate\" rel=\"tag\">real estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have the graphite version, very elegant. I buy the beans out of the silver bag at Starbucks, never the pre-packed stuff. Number 2 grind. Number 1 (Turkish) works, but it&#8217;s too easy to pack down, and then it burns. The number 2 grind is on the edge of being too loose, so sometimes the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-blogging","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3356,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3356\/lets-do-some-survivin-5-free-things-to-do-right-now-to-ensure-you-can-survive-this-here-real-estate-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":478,"position":0},"title":"Let&rsquo;s Do Some Survivin&rsquo;: 5 FREE Things To Do Right Now To Ensure You Can Survive This Here Real Estate Market.","author":"Chris Johnson","date":"July 14, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"OKAYfine.\u00a0 H2s aren\u2019t so practical, are they?\u00a0\u00a0 And it\u2019s maybe vanity to have an assistant at this point, when you\u2019re down to 20 deals a year.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s stupid to run that display ad in the paper, sharing space with a Realtor or Loan Officer.\u00a0 But you\u2019re committed, right?\u00a0 The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blogging&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8583,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8583\/memorial-day-a-time-to-give-thanks\/","url_meta":{"origin":478,"position":1},"title":"Memorial Day &#8211; A Time To Give Thanks","author":"Ira Serkes","date":"May 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Take the time to participate in one of the many remembrances in your community. They gave months, years, blood, sweat, tears and lives. Give them a few hours. Celebrations will be held on Monday at Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery, Alameda's USS Hornet, San Francisco's Presidio and USS Pompanito, and San\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Enduring Interest&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Enduring Interest","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/enduring-interest\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"gg_cemetery_grave_vista","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/gg_cemetery_grave_vista.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10521,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10521\/thanks-for-touching-my-box\/","url_meta":{"origin":478,"position":2},"title":"Thanks for Touching My Box!","author":"Ryan Hartman","date":"December 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't really do anything with my Facebook fan page other than to have my blog content automatically streamed to it, but a little Brady-esque follow up every time a new \"friend\" touches my \"Fan Box Badge\" is proving to have quite a nice effect on my sales effort, so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Egoism in Action&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"picture-41","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/picture-41.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10579,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10579\/looking-for-reasons-to-be-cheerful-this-christmas-thanks-to-the-free-market-everything-is-better-than-it-was-when-you-were-a-kid\/","url_meta":{"origin":478,"position":3},"title":"Looking for reasons to be cheerful this Christmas? 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If it gratifies you to weep about how bad things are, compare the America of your youth to the police states of Communist Europe in that same epoch.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10386,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/10386\/a-world-of-thanksbloodhounds\/","url_meta":{"origin":478,"position":4},"title":"A World of Thanks&#8230;..Bloodhounds","author":"Don Reedy, San Diego, CA","date":"November 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As we approach the end of this year, celebrating and reminiscing, dining and partying, worshiping and contemplating, I wanted to simply say thanks to all of you. 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