Ode to a Legal Drug
For a long time, I resisted coffee. I couldn't stand the taste of it. Then I got a job in which I was required to come in at 7 a.m. and work 10 hour days...caffeine became an imperative, so I learned to love coffee. Now I can't get enough.Last night Chizi took a break from idolizing Oprah to blog about her coffee addiction. Of course, it's impossible to think about coffee without thinking of Starbucks. It's hard to imagine what life was like before the mega-chain began hawking caffeinated pleasure at nearly every street corner in America. Most people in this country have no love for drug dealers, yet Starbucks is one of our most admired companies. Don't front -- I know you go there too.
Recently I stumbled upon an awesome Web Site: Starbucks Everywhere. I love documentation, so I respect the site owner's desire to visit and photograph every Starbucks in the world. Quite an ambitious goal, if you ask me. I encourage you to check it out and see if your local Starbucks is pictured. Mine is:
(Northeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue)
Caffeine addicts of the world unite! At least it ain't crack...
posted by Mitch Glaser @ 8:11 AM
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I love his descriptions of each Starbucks. My grad-school Starbucks (much needed for thesis writing) is described as follows:
>>This location, housed where an independent coffee shop named Brady's used to be, has a rather nifty decor. Especially notice how the lights and lamps differ from those at most Starbucks. Besides local artwork for sale, there are also photos on display of Kent back in the day. And for the health conscious, in front of the register are two chin-up bars.
Funny! There were MAJOR protests when Big-Business Starbucks eeked out Mom and Pop and Brady's...that all went down at the height of my undergrad career! The local artwork was displayed by Starbucks as a "compromise" to prove that they had "hometown feel" in mind when setting up shop.
My local neighborhood Starbucks in my respective suburb of Cleveland has a cool description as well, in which baseballs signals were at one time utilized in coffee orders:
>>The partners at this store must love humour, because you'll find comic strips, most coffee-related, taped throughout the bar. And at one point, they partners devised a system of baseball sigals to call out the drink orders, much to the amusement and bemusement of the customers.
I wonder if "Winter" has a job??
Starbucks Everywhere is pretty cool. I managed to spend a good half hour this morning at work locating every Starbucks from Orange County, Santa Barbara to Monterey that I frequented when I lived in those parts. :)
Here's my somewhat local Starbucks:
For a mall location [ :-) ], this kiosk ain't bad, in no small part because of the atrium that features a pit with a piano, and a set of steps/seats suitable for the occasional performance to go with the coffee.
you're close to sabor y cultura as well (h'wood & grammercy). i prefer the smaller coffee houses to the larger chains...but whatever works for you. i quit coffee, cold turkey, for a few years but now i'm back...
My friend Jared snapped a picture of a Starbucks in Fahaheel, Kuwait. It's shaped like a middle eastern palace. I think Winter should go visit that one next.
How the heck are you? Haven't heard from you in a while...
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