Tag: Starbucks

Starbucks Around the World: Hercules, CA

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July 27, 2009

First hit in the state of my birth.  Thankfully, my Mother and Step-father (travel companions on this quick trip to California for my Grandparents’ 75th birthday(s) party) are hungry on the way to Hidden Valley Lake, because their fortuitous stop at a Burger King afforded me this shot of the Starbucks store next door.  I think it was a refreshing iced coffee, just what the doctor ordered for a long car ride through sunny central California.

Starbucks Around the World: Sheboygan, WI

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Februrary 13, 2009

Having to stave off international touring for awhile to finish out Grad school, here begins a stint of Starbucks’ American style… primarily located adjacent to major highways and serving as a place for a quality cup and a clean place to pee.  Sheboygan, Wisconsin did not disappoint on both accounts when we visited this store on our way to Door County, WI for an off-season winter getaway.  I think it was a plain coffee and a bag of trail mix, and the service was fantastic.

Starbucks Around the World: Heraklion, Crete

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August 14, 2008

I’m leaving this photo obnoxiously big on purpose, for through a series of unfortunate events, this is the one and only picture of our magical day on the island of Crete.  In all of my genius, I deleted all the photos of Crete by accident about a week after returning from the Mediterranean cruise.  Of course, the first thing I did after getting home from the cruise was upload the Sbux series to Facebook, so this is the only evidence I have of being there.

The day itself, was truly awesome.  Heraklion was nearly deserted due to an obscure Saint’s birthday (that, apparently, is not obscure in Crete and gives everyone the day off).  This, our last port of call on our cruise, was a bittersweet end to an amazing international journey.  I didn’t buy anything at this Starbucks; I merely posed in front of it, since I was completely full of espresso and fried cheese from the cafe across the plaza.

Starbucks Around the World: Kushadasi, Turkey

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August 13, 2008

This is, by far my favorite and most memorable Starbucks experience around the world.  We booked a private tour guide and at the end of the day when he asked if there was anything else we wanted to see I spoke up with giddy: “Oh yes! Starbucks!”  Having just visited ancient ruins and traditional rug making communes, his reply was an almost aghast, “You want to go to Starbucks!?!”

Insert extreme American tourist embarrassment here.

But, paying in turkish lira for a mango passion fruit frappuchino and a mug, genuine fake bag in hand containing a genuine genuine Turkish rug….. unrepeatable (assumedly), and fantastic.  Big thumb’s up.

Starbucks Around the World: Pireus, Greece

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August 12, 2008

Truth be told, this was obviously a drive-by in the port city of Pireus on the way to Athens… but, Wow!  Starbucks in Greece!!!

Most of our one day in Greece was spent on a tour bus, and the time that wasn’t was in the historic Plaka surrounding the Parthenon in Athens.  So while it’s disappointing to not have a high quality Starbucks photo with me drinking an olive oil latte, I’m secretly relieved that there are no Starbucks in the historic center of the city of Athens.

Starbucks Around the World: Washington, D.C.

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August 8, 2008

Fortunately, there was enough time during our layover in the nation’s capital on the way to Rome to grab a frosty java chip Frappuchino, a mug, and a snapshot.  I never drink Frappuchinos, but it seemed like the right thing to do before embarking on a 10 hour flight in a 2 x 3 x 5 ft cube.  What you DON’T see is that to the right of the storefront was a life-sized cardboad cutout of Barack Obama.  Thumb’s up!

Starbucks Around the World: Chicago, IL

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February 2, 2008

We really needed a getaway but couldn’t get away, so instead booked two nights at the Drake Hotel on the Magnificent Mile for a super bargain.  Walking down Michigan Ave., we passed by an old familiar stomping grounds.  The 670 N. Michigan Starbucks store, #2548, is gone.  In lieu of Starbucks, on this ground now stands the Ritz Carlton luxury condominiums (starting price: $1.7 million).  As a result, I had to get my coffee that morning at Ghiradelli.  No offense to Ghiradelli, but as you can see here I’m seriously hung over from bottles of wine the night before, and, it’s just not Starbucks.

So long, old pal.

Thumbs down.