Storefronts around my office are closing. The Italian restaurant that hosted local opera singers has been closed for a couple of years, and I still lament that we can no longer suggest it to friends as the perfect spot to clinch a young romance. The funky furniture shop nearby closed not long after. A fabulous […]
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The Proliferation of Banks
Posted in Banks, Cooking/Food & Wine, Sexuality, Shopping, Shops, Starbucks on June 11, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Starbucks Laptop Men
Posted in Books, Fathers, Masculinity, Men, Starbucks, Technology, Television on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sitting in a local Starbucks, and today’s Swing music mix (Dean Martin is crooning Volare, just before that was a song from Ella Fitzgerald’s Music and Moonlight), is just barely audible over the milk-steaming and repeat ordering patter at the counter. As I glance around, I feel like a sociologist discovering a new tribe.