just a quick Coffee Thirsty | Refill entry here … no focus, no rhyme, no reason … just thoughts …
so … i did hear through a good friend of mine that there is an expedition to visit every Starbucks, at least in the United States … Starbucks Everywhere documents the travels of Winter as he travels from city to city ’starbucking’ it up like a caffeine-driven fiend for the hot beverage + a snack …
it used to be a long-running joke in New England that you could take a daytrip or weekend excursion or any vast + expansive roadtrip by going from Dunkin’ Donuts to Dunkin’ Donuts until arrival at your final destination … and now i guess you could say the same thing about Starbucks … you can pick and choose, swap from one to the other along the journey, pleasing each will traveler in your travel entourage along the way … starbucking + dunkin’ it up … its your choice … your decision … your affliction … go ahead, enjoy …
while you’re at it … if starbucking you can choose to have your experience warmed now … from cafe to sandwich shoppe … i personally have done much less starbucking due to the warmed over changes that arrived with Starbucks’ Warm Breakfast Items … the soundshift from milk steaming to convection oven whirrings + exhalation … the aroma is now alot less freshground coffee, more of a mayonnaisey eaux de bagette { on an english muffin } … the only thing that hasn’t changed really is the wait … there is a bit more of a bustle, perhaps a bit of confusion regarding where the warm crowd should stand to wait, at times even a strange offer or 2 to warm up a cookie or a scone … but it seems like the bean gets less importance in the overall scheme of starbucking … and starbucks gets less importance in the overall scheme of my caffeinated life …