May 28, 2010
on reflection: coffee
In the year 2006 I went through a pretty staunch anti-establishment phase*, which included a personal boycott on Starbucks. One disagreement I had with Howard Schultz & Crew was that every store across the globe looked the same, which allowed for roughly 0% of the neighboring culture to be honored. This lack of color has always been annoying to me, until this morning.
What do you do when you are a very long way from home and wanting a cup of coffee? Today, for the first time, the answer was Starbucks. It certainly wasn't their burnt espresso that was calling my name but the tradition and comfort of the store; it was like a little piece of home so very far away. So I sipped my Vanilla Bean Latte in the rain while moving furniture into my new apartment, which is okay because each sip reminded me of my favorite people.
Can someone point me in the direction of the nearest Living Room or Cosmos?
*This trend may or may not have been predicated on the following things: Godspeed You Black Emperor, a teacher or two that I tried too hard to impress, Dylan Durrant and Radiohead.
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Annie Szafranski • May 29th 2010 • Reply
I agree with you, I hate how the majority of them are the same. I really wish more could put some art by locals up. But I'm glad it made you feel comfortable, It's nice to see people actually feel that way, rather than reading about it at work.
It was weird not leaving work with a vanilla bean latte on thursday night.
And Bill would be in that video if he could.