The portraits project is forging ahead, and I realized I missed a pretty good moment to do an Obama piece this week, but oh well, such is life. Harold Ramis will soon be gracing this blog, despite his not being in the news, or having a new project coming soon, or anything. I just like him, okay?

Here’s what else, cold-brewed coffee is really good. I read about it in a Times article last summer, and now I’ve done it twice. My coffee pot couldn’t have cracked at a more opportune time than this very summery early June.

Following are some pretty recent on-the-street and in-the-cafe sketches.