Thursday Night Throwdowns

I circle the block a few times before finally giving up and resigning myself to a spot along a residential street about four blocks from the coffee shop. Try Hard Coffee on East 11th Street usually closes by 3 p.m., but tonight it is open and throbbing with energy. A DJ in the corner spins vinyl records. Bartenders on the back patio shake up Negronis and crack beers. I hear somewhere there are tacos, but I never find out where. Packing this tiny cafe from end to end are baristas, ready to compete in tonight's event: Thursday Night Throwdown.

Tangy TakesORANGE MagazineMarch 30, 2022Barista, Coffee, Nathaniel Ogren, Maju MarinhoComment

We Stand Together, A Fight Against SB 8

As I walked up the hill to the Texas Capitol on the morning of October 2nd, it became clear that I’d underestimated the sheer scale of the Women’s March.

ATXORANGE MagazineOctober 29, 2021Sandhya Maddali, SB 8, texas legislature, abortion, Women's Rights, women's march, Protest, Maju MarinhoComment