Here’s a group of people who really serve a purpose…what purpose it is is beyond me.
Boycotting is the Christian way of saying “Do it or else…” and don’t you think that is the way Jesus would deal with non-religious groups?
Me either.
Here’s a group of people who really serve a purpose…what purpose it is is beyond me.
Boycotting is the Christian way of saying “Do it or else…” and don’t you think that is the way Jesus would deal with non-religious groups?
Me either.
Micheal Gates Gill is the son of New Yorker writer Brendan Gill and he was a creative director at J. Walter Thompson Advertising where he was employed for over 25 years.
Michael Gates Gill did something incredibly wrong, he got older…in some peoples eyes, his age made him replaceable at the agency he worked for. He probably was, younger people would work cheaper and would be able to manufacture ideas which increases profitability for his “old boss” who unceremoniously dismissed Mr Gill at the age of 54.
For 10 years or so, Michael Gates Gill, this son of privilege and esteem with a position in society and an education from Yale University tried to go forward with his own agency until finally his calls weren’t returned. People were tired of “Old Michael Gates Gill.” At his low point, Michael sat in a Starbucks, sipping on a Latte that he could barely afford and wondered what the hell had happened to his life. He was spiraling out of control and his mind was racing when a young lady asked him a simple question…”Do you want a job?”…surprising her and himself, Michael Gates Gill said “Yes” and filled out the application to work for Starbucks.
I just finished reading the book How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
My name is Marty Daniels. I am a Stand Up Comedian and Voice Over Talent who is grateful to also be a partner at Starbucks in Grove City, OH.
“How Starbucks Saved My Life” is being made into a movie by Tom Hanks
I am a bit of a coffee-dork. Ok, I am a HUGE coffee-dork. I regularly aggravate waiters and waitresses at restaurants because I always bring along my very own ground coffee bean and single cup French Press into restaurants and order a pot of hot water. Of course I order food too but, there are few restaurants that serve a cup of coffee I will pay for.
I read about this invention a few months back, I am so excited that Starbucks has purchased the company which I hope means that there will be Clover’s hitting the Starbucks here in Central-Ohio sometime soon.
Starbucks was not the first to see and admire the Clover1. The Clover1 has been used at around 200 coffeehouses around the world Intelligentsia in Chicago, La Mill in Los Angeles and Caffe Vita in Seattle.
Stumptown, of Portland, Ore., recently installed four Clovers in its location in the Ace Hotel. New York City now has five of the devices, two of them at the Chelsea branch of Café Grumpy, which has used them to dispense 60,000 cups in a little over a year.
With the market share that Starbucks controls you can bet that the Clover1 may come down in price and perhaps even a home model will become available.
I love food. I love to eat great food, nothing fancy, necessarily but GOOD food…I want it to be flavorful, balanced and interesting. That could be a steak or salad or something really exotic. Just make it balanced.
I am a fan of the show “After Hours with Daniel”. Daniel is Chef-Owner-Author Daniel Boulud who is probably best known as Executive Chef at Le Cirque in NYC. The idea of the show is an after hours conversation with chefs, food critics, restaurateurs and celebrities. For someone like me…AWESOME!
The most recent episode I watched was Episode 1 of Season 2. Taped in Los Angeles at Pizzeria Mozza in L.A. which is the creation of Nancy Silverton, Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich. INCREDIBLE stuff they are doing there including the creation of a Mozzarella Bar, sort of like a Sushi Bar but with exotic servings of Mozzarella…when I get to L.A. it will be one of my first stops. Guests on this episode included Chef Nancy Silverton, Chef Alain Giraud, Chef Hiro Sone, Restaurateur Lissa Doumani, Actor Josh Charles, Actor-Comedian Ray Romono and Comedian-Author-Producer Phil Rosenthal. What a perfect balance of Food, Comedy, Showbiz and conversation. At one point in the conversation, Phil Rosenthal was describing his passion for food and wondered why he wouldn’t be better at preparing food since he loves it so much. He also explained the motivation behind his love of food. Turns out his mother was a horrible cook and when he moved out of the house, he was able to taste what he had been missing.
Phil Rosenthal has written a book called “YOU’RE LUCKY YOU’RE FUNNY” which I have designs on reading very soon. In fact, one of the great things about livig in Columbus is that we have a great library system and I reserved my copy of “YOU’RE LUCKY YOU’RE FUNNY” to be picked up at the Main Library in the morning!
Phil also directed and co-wrote a really funny piece for the closing days of the Clinton administration back in 2000. Odd to see how different life was pre-911.
Ok, I just read the cheeseball, hack job review of the new Pike Place Roast in Time Magazine online by JAMES PONIEWOZIK.
Somebody give him his binky back as all he did was WAHHHHH all through the article. Saying that his first “sip of Pikes Place was simultaneously harsh and weak.” It’s not weak, it’s smooth. And it is supposed to be that way. The idea for the coffee was to provide a coffee that was accessible to the widest number of COFFEE and NON-COFFEE DRINKERS. So I like to call it a gateway coffee.
Most Starbucks brewed coffees are roasted dark, 2nd crack and that is usually a coffee for a more seasoned drinker, The Pike Place Roast is not acidic at all and that means that it is not going to hang on your pallet long after the drink leaves your mouth.
Poniewozik compares the coffee to be an attempt to be more like Dunkin Donuts coffee, maybe, maybe not. It is for sure an attempt by Starbucks to go after some of the market that is being challenged by Dunkin, McDonald’s and Burger King.
When I am not brewing my own Starbucks Italian Roast coffee in a French Press Travel Mug from Starbucks, my favorite cup of coffee can be had for .90 a cup. It is served fresh and hot 24 hours a day from the sterile drive thru at White Castle. After that I love, LOVE, LOOOVVVEEE the coffee at Jolly Pirate Donuts in Columbus, OH. Sadly, the business model in place at Jolly Pirate is old and competition is fierce so they are likely to be a thing of the past very soon finally I give props to my favorite on the road coffee…found on the east coast at Sheetz!
Coffee I will not go near is served at McDonald’s, Tim Horton’s, Wendy’s, Bob Evans and pretty much any national chain restaurant.
One other thing that Mr. Poniewozik mis-states in his article he stated that the Pike Place Roast is special in that it is brewed fresh every half hour. It is true that Pikes Place Roast is brewed each half hour with whatever isn’t sold from that brew cycle being discarded. BUT, that is actually the standard on any coffee brewed by Starbucks.
The thing that is special about Pike Place roast is that it is brewed ALL DAY LONG replacing the “House Brew” that previously was the all day coffee.
I like Pike Place roast coffee and would encourage you to visit your local Starbucks and ask them for a SAMPLE taste…it may be just what you’re looking for in a coffee.