It's a big award, and it means a lot to us...David and I are the customers of the week at our favorite Starbucks! I sound facetious but I really am not. It's fun. So in return... the Starbucks outside of Macy's at the Gardens Mall wins our Starbucks of the week award!
I'm back in Portland, Oregon for a few days of rest with my family and remembering once again why I love this city, the runner up in the "first city of coffee" category. Seattle wins, but Portland is not a bad coffee-loving city! I will admit, though, that I was already waxing nostalgic for my Santa Barbara balcony and the morning drive to the city Starbucks while we watched the city come awake. Santa Barbara is one of the most…
Yes, I know they are everywhere. Yes, I know that some people question the authenticity of a place that wants to be a community third place, and yet, looks exactly the same from place to place. I even know that there are other places to drink coffee and gather with the community. But I'll tell you this: When you are driving through Lake City Florida (not a huge city by any means) and you see familiar green umbrellas and a…
Apparently I'm bored on this road trip! We stopped at a turnpike Starbucks and I got my usual Grande Iced Starbucks Doubleshot, breve, with energy. I needed the caffeine to stay awake and keep us moving between the white lines! David and I are in the car alone, and the two of us can be very quiet. Well phone call and texts after phone call and texts came in, and soon we were making another pit stop. I grabbed a…
No matter how often or far I wander, home is the soothing comfort of places where I know and am known. I made the rounds of all my haunts today, just happy to be here. Jeremy, definitely one of the best Starbucks baristas ever, was happy to see us walk in today. Not only that, he upheld Starbucks' front-runner status by treating us to our iced doubleshots with energy. All you in Lexington, take note! Jeremy's leadership skills are legendary…
Ed Bahler wrote the blog post of the day for me. He said so many things I would like to say, too. Go check it out.
David and I have been doing extensive "field work" picking our favorite coffee shops around town! It's a hard job, but someone has to do it. Pray for me in this endeavor. I'm totally kidding...we're having a blast making friends all over town, to tell you the truth. As I've mentioned before, the bars are really the friendliest spots where people are most open to conversation. But it doesn't set quite the example I want to set for my kids…
David and I just wandered into our favorite Starbucks around, located in the Gardens Mall, where I tried the new iced espresso. A tall has a double espresso in it -- energy enough, surely. I also had the barista add one of their new energy shots! The energy shots have B vitamins, ginseng, guarana and other natural energy boosters. Yes, I am buzzed. Yes, I am happy!
I should have posted this yesterday, but I can't resist writing up a little incident that happened yesterday. With one child in Costa Rica for a missions trip and another one flitting around from one friend's house to another, David and I found ourselves with a free afternoon. We decided to head to the coffee shop in the picture for a time of reading and relaxing. When we arrived at this Starbucks, which is one of my favorites, the first…
