Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 31st, 2007
Starbuck’s search for some authentic Latin American coffee-related stuff to sell as it launches a new caramel flavored drink, dulce de leche, is recounted in yesterday’s Business Week. Typical Costa Rican mugs were brown, dull, and wouldn’t sell. An artisan making bright handpainted mugs was found and she was paid a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2007
Starbucks founder, Howard Schulz, is the hero of a story in today’s Business Week magazine (I read the electronic edition; the linked version may not last) which tells the story of how he is “saving Starbuck’s soul” and planning to make the company three times bigger.
Which reminded me:
Last year I sent this delightful article [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2007
Marylebone High Street is about 5 minutes walk from my home. One of its attractions is Daunt’s bookshop.
It’s a very good travel bookshop and it can be a dangerous place to visit if you are a booklover. You can get a feeling of wellbeing just by walking in and savouring the atmosphere.
As the bookmark they [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2007
Writing about food yesterday inspired me to make sure Anthony Bourdain’s The Nasty Bits survived the recent book purge; 5 large boxes went to the nearest Oxfam shop after my shipment arrived. I read and hugely enjoyed Kitchen Confidential and A Cook’s Tour, and I’m keeping The Nasty Bits for a holiday.
Gilbert says envisioning the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 27th, 2007
Reflections on shopping by a man who disdains novelty despite his wife’s desire to see him in a shirt that isn’t blue.
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