| There's a Starbucks in the corner of the street, let's meet there | | Posted Thursday, February 09, 2006 11:16:21 AM by Kate Grant | It all begun in Seattle, Washington in 1971, at Pike Place Market where Starbucks opened its first branch.
 Little by little the Sturbucks coffee company opened more and more branches, but it wasn't until the 1990's, when latte, espresso and cappuccino "to go" became a hit, along with grange music and "Nirvana". Starbucks coffee became one of the strongest brand names in America and later on in the world.
Today, it has more than 7,300 coffee stores around the world, and it's still growing through franchise. You can locate the Starbucks coffee logo in almost every shopping mall, airport or business area around the US, and millions visit the Starbucks branches every week.
It's coffee menu holds dozens of hot and cold beverages, most of them coffee oriented, but you can also find special tea, and even the Starbucks coffee liqueur. If you're watching your calorie intake, there are special beverages made with low fat milk and no sugar.
If you ask nicely, they might even give you a recipe or two.
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| | | Muse: Hometown folk hero has stories to tell | | Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:57:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | The DIY (Do It Yourself) music scene in Davis has been alive a lot longer than many would have guessed. Meet Douglas Kauffman, an eclectic cultural enthusiast of sorts and resident of the community since his college days in the 1960s. Kauffman's home tells a lot about what a diverse person he is with its earthy undertones and collection of cultural artifacts. A modest gentleman, Kauffman offers guests tea before sitting for a long, elaborate story about music and culture within and beyond Davis. To begin, Kauffman attended UC Davis during the '60s and passed the time by having jam sessions with schoolmates who had also caught onto the folk, roots and bluegrass genres. By a "freak accident," Kauffman learned to play fiddle and banjo, and he and his friends played gigs around town, being the first musicians at the farmers market.... | |
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| | | Blind man takes over at Old Greenwich station | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:49:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | The house blend versus the breakfast blend -- it was simply a matter of taste or looking at the pot yesterday for most of the harried commuters at the coffee stand at the Old Greenwich train station. But for Adam Fairbanks, the stand's new operator, it will be more a matter of touch. .... | |
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| | | No family for the holidays? Make one! | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:50:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | There is nothing new about the time-honored tradition of including extended family in holiday events. But over the decades, as career demands have made lives more transient, divorce rates have skyrocketed and other cultural phenomena have torn at the foundation of nuclear families, holiday celebrations have stretched to include a more diverse group of relations. The trend has become so significant that in 2001, writer Ethan Watters coined the term "urban tribe" to describe it. "The trend that got me started was the fact that people were delaying marriage," says Watters, a San Francisco-based writer whose book Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family and Commitment (2003, Bloomsbury, $24.95) explores the origins of the phenomenon. "They're going off to college and then they have their careers, so they're spending five, 10, 15 years away from their kin," Watters says.... | |
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| | | Classes help keep Nez Perce language alive | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:49:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | LAPWAI, Idaho -- In a small white house, the elders and students crowd around the large square table that dominates the classroom. Hovering over hot cups of "lalx," the Nez Perce word for coffee, the students take in stories relayed by tribal members of days gone by.Students Thomas (Tatlo) Gregory and Maggie Picard don't pick up every word, and admit to a bit of information overload after class.These twice-weekly conversations are part of the advanced conversational Nez Perce language class offered by Lewis-Clark State College."It's good for them to hear the language like this," elder Bessie Scott said of the class. "The words are hard and it's better if they hear the sounds. It helps them." Half Nez Perce, Gregory is trying to learn a language he remembers his grandmother speaking exclusively when he was young.... | |
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| | | Opera House benefit concerts to continue | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 10:50:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | CHEBOYGAN - The Benefit Series designed to raise money for the Opera House while showcasing local talent continues at 7:30 p.m. Saturday with Harmony & Grits and The Covenant Band, two well-known groups from the Cheboygan area. Accomplished solo artists Rick Meisterheim and Kelly Shively of Petoskey have put their talents together to please audiences with their variety, harmonies and humor. Shively, of Petoskey, uses fiddle, clawhammer banjo, Celtic harp and soprano voice to blend with Cheboygan-resident Meisterheim's finger picking style guitar, banjo, mandolin, mountain dulcimer and baritone vocals.The pair's rich blend of “roots" music styles include mountain, folk, bluegrass, Celtic, country, and old standards, bringing an enjoyable variety to every set. They share themselves through a well-fitted repertoire of their originals, as well as other fine artists' materials played with their own unique flavor.As solo artists, Harmony & Grits have performed at various venues including festivals, concerts, coffee houses, dinner lodges, rallies, schools and camps around the country.... | |
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| | | Taste of Italy for new coffee house | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 12:53:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | Passing shoppers gaped at the sight of a red Ferrari 360 Modena outside The Italian Coffee Company in the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Centre. The caf opened its doors for the first time yesterday and the eye-catching stunt was the idea of director Mark Ellis. The-30-year-old said: "We heard about a company called Iconic in Bristol that loan super cars for the day." .... | |
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| | | Bozeman Public Library open house Sunday | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 10:51:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. marks the grand opening of the Bozeman Public Library. Located at 626 E. Main St, the new library has been five years in the making. The computer labs, coffee shop, Friends Bookstore and reading areas will all be open for business. A brief ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. followed by a reception.Saturday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m., Dr. Kath Williams will discuss the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) process. "Going Green: Environmental Buildings in the 21st Century" is a free program, open to the public, held in the community meeting room. Sunday, Nov. 12, at 4 p.m., Jim Madden and Dan Harding, who created the mural entrance to the Children's Room, "Around Town," will talk about their collaboration and the process and methods that gave birth to this one of a kind living piece of art.For more information on tours and other events call 582-2410, or see www.bozemanlibrary.orgNEW BOOKS:"The Lay of the Land" by Richard Ford.... | |
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| | | Community spirit delivers the goods | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 10:53:23 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kern Valley Search and Rescue's open house on Saturday included the usual accoutrements of fresh brewed coffee and baked goods from the kitchen of Shirley Fisher, wife of SAR Captain Bob Fisher. But it was also a demonstration of the unique ties that bind the people of the Kern River Valley. The main attraction of this year's event, held at SAR's compound off Erskine Creek Road in Lake Isabella, was a brand new Ford F 250 Super Duty 4 x 4 truck, powered by a Triton V-10 motor. Specially equipped with a laptop computer and GPS, a custom designed rack for carrying rafts and a robust heavy duty winch. “It's exactly what they needed here," said Bill Holcomb, who retired from SAR last spring. Fisher gave a brief chronology of the unit's quest for vehicles and equipment.... | |
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| | | House hunters bide time | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:53:23 AM by Blog57 Team | | Some days, Jean Giambetti and her husband want to live in St. Paul in a house that has character and an easy walk to a coffee shop. Other days, a maintenance-free new home in Hugo with a shorter commute to his job in the suburbs seems ideal. They're in no hurry to decide. "We're really in a strong position so we want to find a place that's just right," said Giambetti, 29, who currently owns a condo with her husband near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Twin Cities home builders believe a recent sales slowdown is due in part to house hunters taking their sweet time to decide between the many new and existing homes on the market. Meanwhile, residential builders stuck with new homes for sale have drastically reduced construction. The number of home-building permits last month dropped nearly in half from October 2005, according to data released Monday by the Builders Association of the Twin Cities.... | |
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| | | Spicer, Snellgrove battle for House District 91 | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:49:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | Education is top priority for both House District 91 candidates, but their affiliations with a two-year state college have added fuel to an already heated election. Incumbent Terry Spicer, D-Elba, is accused of "double-dipping" from state employment funds - once for his public office employment and another as assistant to the President for Economic and Community Development at Enterprise-Ozark Community College. Retired National Guardsman Ricky Snellgrove, Spicer's Republican opponent who said he is not part of any special interest group, is married to an employee at the same college. But Spicer said he considers his college employment a factor that got him elected the first time he ran for the office in 1998 and a benefit to the district if he's elected again.... | |
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