Copying Starbucks

Boing Boing reports than an Astoria, Oregon woman has been ruled to be in violation of Starbucks trademark, when she opened a coffee shop named after herself: Sambucks. Note to Starbucks: get over it. Anyway, this reminded me of a coffee shop we saw when we were in Vancouver, B.C. earlier this year, that was… Continue reading Copying Starbucks

Coffee

Funny entry today on Scripting News: I don’t like Starbuck’s anymore. Too strong…. Yesterday I bought a can of Chock full o’ Nuts coffee, and it’s just fantastic coffee. Lovin it. And get this, I got the pre-ground kind, because it’s too much of a hassle to grind my own beans. Maybe it’s the west… Continue reading Coffee