Small Town Starbucks
Bad news: not only is there only one, lonely little Starbucks in my hometown (a very recent addition, it turns out), it is the only Starbucks in existence without wireless Internet.
The good news is, two blocks down the road from the poor, unwired coffee haus is an updated version of an East Texas classic: the donut shack.
In this case, the donut shack is actually “The Doughnut Cafe” (the name making it so much more upscale, don’t you think?), and comes complete with coffee, the obligatory doughnuts, a gurgling, lily-lined, outdoor koi pond and– gasp!– FREE wireless access.
So at least I will be able to check in once a day during the time my mother’s hospice care worker is at the house– and have greasy (buy yummy) “pigs-in-a-blanket” to boot.
Email Article Monday, July 17th, 2006 at 11:06am Mack Simpson
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1. Memartin | July 18th, 2006 at 2:57 am
hi, Im a new reader of yours… Im copy too. from Poland. So Ads in east europe are something different, on the other planet in space [except that global ones]!
so I’ll be reading this ’till I find it interesting.
this radio programme with mp3’s great! please write me how can I put somethin’ like that in my web?
Martin
2. Mack Simpson | July 18th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Martin,
Thanks for reading Adverb– always glad to meet someone new in the business, especially someone in the business from Poland.
I’ve got my hands full at the moment and only have an hour or so per day to check in with work (I’m out of town on an emergency trip at the moment), but I’ll try to dash off an email to you when I return home.
Thanks for writing and thanks again for being a reader.
3. Michael Seaton | July 19th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Starbucks = my lovemark. Wired or wireless.
I am a somewhat new reader as well from Toronto Canada. I’m all mad at you (in a good way) for the mention of Doughnuts and Pigs-in-blanket - now I’m hungry.
I also like the Music for monkeys and would love to have that on my blog. Very cool.
Hope all works out well with the family emergency.
4. Mack Simpson | July 19th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
Thank you for the well-wishes, Michael, and everything is returning to normal– at least on my end– as I’ve returned from my trip.
I’ll dig up the details on the Music for Monkeys player this weekend after I’ve had a chance to rest and get caught up at work and will get them out to everyone.
Thanks for reading– and if you’re looking to exchange foodstuff, I’d give Rikki a try (in particular, her side-project blog, “Gimme Your Stuff.”
(She’s always worth a plug, anyway.)
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