G Lutz

Coffee With My Dad

When I go home to visit my parents in Kentucky, my dad and I will pour two cups of coffee with an unhealthy amount of hazelnut Coffee-Mate and sit and catch up. It’s quiet, and we check in on all things — family, health, our opposing politics, parenting. He gives me the best life advice, and I sometimes help him log onto the

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I definitely need some espresso. We have a couple of nice places; we live in Midtown on West 57th Street. Zibetto, which is on Sixth Avenue, or we go to Masseria, which is on Ninth Avenue. My wife likes a cappuccino with an extra shot. I usually get a nice double espresso with some pastries. #Coffee https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/nyregion/luna-

COFFEE, RUN, BIKE* I’m an early riser, around 6 a.m. or earlier. I’ll drink a gallon of coffee — French press with regular milk — before I even get started. I’ll try to do two miles of running or some weights. I’m usually on my way to the New York Flower Market by 7:15, so no breakfast, but maybe a piece of biscotto. Then I’m on a Citi Bike and

I have A.D.H.D., so it’s like gamifying and making everything novel and fun is really important. This audio comes on that I programmed and generated through A.I., where this lady basically says, like, “Commander, the dawn has started and the spaceship engines are on, the crew is standing by and you’re critical in this mission.” And so that’s what

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