Do as I say ...

[ron_newman]

Seen this morning from the Elm Street sidewalk, inside the window of Starbucks:

A laptop bearing a bumper sticker reading:

Support Our Community
BUY LOCAL

Comments

[lonelyholiday.livejournal.com]

Oh come on now, he was buying his coffee at his LOCAL Starbucks instead of ordering online! (ha)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

And I'm sure that was a locally-made laptop!

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Hypocrisy? In Starbucks?

[jenaflynn.livejournal.com]

Never. How dare you suggest such a thing?

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure the company is above reproach, but they really need to develop a classier, more elitist attitude if they want to keep out the riff-raff.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Well, they got the plastic for it out of the Charles, does that count?

[kevin-church.livejournal.com]

Well, I've not stepped foot in Diesel since the bathroom stench made me puke one night about a year ago, so I do often pick up iced coffee at Starbucks. Doesn't hurt that I like the burned flavor in my iced beverages for some sick reason.

Keeping it local, though, Mr. Crepe has some of the best coffee I've had in a long time - they use Rao's, a local coffee company that does just about everything right.

[reverend-jim.livejournal.com]

That's why I love the Diesel. So refreshingly *free* of elitism! [/snark]

[ifotismeni]

amen on all this. I moved to Davis after spending my last years in college in Amherst and really missed Rao's -- and then Mr. Crepe came along and life is so much better now :)

[ifotismeni]

if you can get a seat there...

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

I've honestly never been in a coffee shop when Denis Leary's rant about "coffee-flavored coffee" didn't instantly trigger, to be honest.

[ifotismeni]

ok, i figure this is a good time to ask: does diesel have wifi or not? i live a street away from it and keep forgetting to check -_-

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

that amuses me. Although, I also have a Mac sticker on my old Gateway laptop.

[lemononmylips.livejournal.com]

you have to pay for it...i think it's like 4.95 an hour or something.

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

I shall keep my mouth shut on the subject, except to nod silently and giggle.

[ifotismeni]

ok awesome, good to know. i'm actually looking for a place to sit and write that won't tempt me with free internet. :)

[dani-namaste.livejournal.com]

yep; huge fan of Mr. Crepe coffee. And I happily visit Starbucks vs. the Diesel - mostly to stop in and grab an iced tea. In terms of local, I'm much more about Sherman in Union Square.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Wow...that's actually cheaper than other places I've been to, by a buck per hour.

[ron_newman]

I think they also have a weekly or monthly rate.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

Was the milk in his coffee skim? Maybe it said "Buy Lo Cal"

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Does Mr. Crepe's coffee have the burnt flavour? I would so love to find a place besides Dunkin' Donuts (love it or hate it) that doesn't taste burnt EVERY TIME I have it.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

My mom used to have one of those on her ancient Toshiba laptop. :)

[kevin-church.livejournal.com]

No, not at all. Mr. Crepe's coffee is smoooooooooth. I like it as well as the Starbuck's. Depends on my mood.

[herbert42.livejournal.com]

and 13 or 14 per mo.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Cool. :) I'm not a Starbucks fan except for the stuff with so much other crap in it that it's more dessert than coffee. Smooth is good. Bold can still be smooth.