Chalkboard Wisdom: E.T. Phones for Caffeine
Even E.T. needs his caffeine fix in order to properly phone home. But more importantly, on behalf of the weird-necked alien, we’d like to know whether the coffee comes with Reese’s Pieces…
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Spotted earlier this month at Grit n Glory on Orchard Street.
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