starbucks ruules

[Henry M]

I live in Rockville, MD. "My" Starbucks' sheriffs at Congressional 
Plaza (I can walk to it, damn there eyes) tell me that it is one of 
the busiest in the country, and so they get extra "vintage coffee." 
Could be because the coffee shop density isn't as high in the burbs, 
but we still need our java.

On 12 Jan 97 at 10:21,  Paul Mackin wrote:

> Away little more than two weeks and some 400 p-list postings
> to read. Goody-goody.
> 
> Great resonance for me in the Starbucks controversy.. Here in
> Northwest D.C. (along the Red Line between Friendship Heights and
> Dupont Circle) the question is not simply WHERE DO YOU DRINK COFFEE,
> but WHICH BREAD STORE, ICE CREAM EMPORIUM, OR NATURAL FOOD OUTLET do
> you frequent.  
> 
> The toughest choice is among coffee shops. More of these than
> there are pubs in Dublin. An estimate in this morning's Washington
> Post put them at one every fifteen yards.
> 
> Also from the Post:
> 
> The dilemma in this part of the world is how to spend money in a way
> that won't make you  look like vulgar Republicans. One way to do
> this is to spend extravagantly on things that used to be cheap, like
> coffee, bread, water and casual clothes. That way you don't look
> like Donald Trump, just upscale grad students. (end of quote)
> 
> Personally I'd give all this up for one good neighborhood bar. Guess
> I could move to Dublin. Quite a generation gap here I'm terribly
> afraid.
> 
> 
> But lovingly still,
> 
>     P.
> 
> 

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