Thanks Siggy!

A few months before Benthall (reportedly) ever touched Tor, co-author of this NY Times article Kashmir Hill was writing about blowing 10 BTC on sushi and such, for her series of articles on Forbes titled: "Living On Bitcoin For A Week".

Here's the first in the series:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/05/01/living-on-bitcoin-for-a-week-the-journey-begins/

And a follow-up from 2020:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/style/bitcoin.html