the land of starbucks: glimpse of the trip and band of brothers

i am still working on putting together some multi-media presentation of our epic trip to seattle. in the meantime, i am posting a video clip of a street band performing in front of the original starbucks in downtown seattle. the starbucks is right outside pike's market which is a really cool open air market on the edge of the downtown area. aim and i spent the morning there meandering through the different booths and set-ups before grabbing some breakfast at a place inside the market. we split a salmon and shrimp omelette that was very tasty. seattle seems to be somewhat known for its seafood (how's that for an alliteration?). after spending a few days there, i saw, and tasted, why. delicisiosa.



seattle is also known for its grunge music and coffee. i can't attest as to whether this designation is merited or not since a grunge band hasn't been popular since 1995 (and i didn't like it then) and i don't drink black crack (or is that diet coke?), i prefer my addictions to be of the ice cream variety. coffee makes me laugh. in my opinion, it smells disgusting and yet its absence would probably be more detrimental to society than a rash of vampires sucking the blood clean out of 90% of the world. for some perspective, think "i am legend" to the tenth power. i am fully expecting the government, at some point in the future, to subsidize devices that will intravenously supply coffee into humans in order to preserve human life and the economy as we know them.

actually, i think starbucks/coffee (i consider them one) is behind the economic downturn we are experiencing. i saw this coming several years ago as a lowly staff accountant at pwc who was picked on and laughed at for not wanting to take a 1/2 hour coffee break in the morning and then another in the afternoon. the only conclusion i can deduce from such behavior is that similar unproductive activity is taking place throughout the world. thus, the economy has crumbled. starbucks is taking over the world. i can hear emperor and empress starbucks cackling now... "ha, ha, ha... insolent fools!!! resistance is futile. we distracted you with walmart, but now you're in our cold unforgiving grasp... so easily duped when you're all hopped up on caffeine." the day is coming. do you think it's just a coincidence that there are more starbucks in the world than molecules? all starbucks has to do is take out diet coke and its cornered the caffeine dependency market.

alright, time to step down off my caffeine soap box.

check out the video below of three of the finest caffeine free strapping young lads you'll ever lay eyes on. these are the type that legend is made from.