Every Starbucks in the US (approx. 7100 stores) closed this past Tuesday from 5:30pm -9pm for a barista retraining. Apparently the company wants to fine-tune the way their baristas make espresso and other coffee drinks. It makes me wonder:
Has Howard Schultz been reading my blog?
Maybe he just came back from a trip to [...]
I’m finally back to the frozen tundra that is Massachusetts and out of the Las Vegas lights. I have to say, Las Vegas is fun for a few days but 2 weeks is entirely too long to be in Sin City. As far as the shoe and fashion shows go, it all went well. [...]
I read a post today that reminded me of a discussion I had with my Italian friends when I was living in Bologna. I don’t remember exactly how we came to talk about the specific subject but the conversation was regarding the differences between an Italian education and an American education. We somehow came [...]
I’m still in Las Vegas, with one trade show down and one more to go. “E” came in on Valentines day and stayed through the weekend and a few college friends came to town as well. The weather was great, we got out to Red Rock Canyon for a hike and ate some very [...]
I did some more walking today and ventured into the Venetian’s new hotel and casino that recently opened. The new hotel and casino is called “Palazzo” and is a continuation of the Venetian with more Italian shops and themes. As I walked past the new shops I bumped into “Espressamente” which is an Italian [...]
Sorry, I haven’t posted in a while…. been busy with work but I did get a chance to take a walk today and snap a few pictures here in Las Vegas.
If you’ve ever been to the Venetian Hotel and Casino, it’s as close to Italy as you can get in the desert of Nevada….. now, that’s [...]
If you read my post on Super Tuesday below, it was raining cats and dogs…. well it hasn’t stopped since. We had a mighty thunder/lighting storm last night and buckets of rain. Correction, it has stopped raining…. it’s now snowing. I’m ok with the snow. I live in New England and if you [...]
It is raining cats and dogs today….. seriously, I haven’t seen it rain like this in a long time. I was going to walk to the polls today to cast my vote but I’m having second thoughts (not about voting, about walking). My polling station is at the elementary school that is at the [...]
There’s lots of “SUPER” coming up starting today. It’s Super Bowl Sunday of course and my Patriots are playing the New York Giants. If the Pats win they will truly be Super with a 19-0 record, which has never been done in the history of the NFL. Yesterday there was a report/accusations that [...]
In my opinion, the Italian language is one of the sexiest languages in the world. I’ll admit, French is pretty smooth and the Spaniards are in the race as well (are they really though?) but lets face it, Italian is sexy and romantic. There are certain words and phrases in Italian that can make [...]