December 7th, 2011

Espresso-based Beverages

The espresso wars have begun. I decided to try out the Tim Hortons latte and the McDonalds latte to compare them to Starbucks. Now, it’s true that I am a loyal Starbucks customer so it is possible there is some bias here, but I did approach each vendor with an open mind.

I’ll start [...]

June 22nd, 2011

Family Filled Weekend

I had a family-filled weekend.

Thursday night I made a shrimp pasta, and visited with Will until I almost fell asleep. Friday morning Will and I went to the gym, then Starbucks, then joined Alex, Mom, and Aunt Shelley for lunch at the Golden Rooster. Then a drive with Nana, Shelley, and mom to [...]

April 22nd, 2011

Starbucks, PlayBook, Flickr, YouTube, White Mocha

This morning after church Adam, Kyla, and I went to Starbucks to enjoy a beverage and company. It was a nice day so we sat on the patio. I was showing Adam and Kyla some photos from Will and I’s east coast trip on a PlayBook when, simultaneously, two things happened: 1. Adam saw [...]

January 10th, 2011

Starbucks

Here are some bits about Starbucks.

Starbucks has a “Tea Time” promotion going on in Canada this week. From January 7 through to the 19th, from 2-5 pm Starbucks is selling tea lattes for half price. I had an EGTL on Friday afternoon. It was okay. I don’t care for the tea lattes as [...]

October 31st, 2010

Ryan Allen Endorses: Starbucks Corporation

When I was with Katy in London I would point out the Starbucks that was visible from every entrance to the Tube. When Evan, Matt, Kevin, and I are in Prague we would “Czech In” every morning to Starbucks in Wenceslas Square. Last winter Adam, Eric, and I would enjoy the occasional 7 a.m. Starbucks trip before work. I visited Jill many times at Starbucks, even sharing her excitement in having some of her photos on display there. A photo of Tiffany is on display in the very Starbucks that she so happily works at. Muis, Foran, Gilles, Misha, Gervais, Joel, and I will relieve our minds from the grip of work with the occasional trip to the Starbucks a mere 300 metres walk from the office. My first apartment was right over a Starbucks in Kingston.

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September 27th, 2010

Breakfast Blend

I’ve traded one bad habit for another.

I love Starbucks. I love the coffee, the consistency, the social-ness. I love a hand-crafted beverage, made to order, just for me. The company takes care of the employees, so you see the same ones. Even if I don’t know their names, I know the faces. I [...]

January 29th, 2010

Starbucks recalls glass water bottles

Dear Customer:

In exchange for our product not lacerating your hands please accept a complimentary beverage of any size.

Starbucks Corp.