A few months ago I posted THIS in response to a trip to the Apple store. Yesterday I had another similar experience, except this time it was at the beloved caffeine drip of America...Starbucks. Or for all you hipsters out there that are cooler than the rest of us St. Arbucks!!! So here is the context. I will label yesterday Wicked Wet Wednesday. In the span of a few hours yesterday, in some places, we had around 10 inches of rain. It was insane. I am not sure I have seen that much rain since I moved here 8 years ago. So instead of taking me 15 min. to get to Starbucks to get my Chocolate Vivanno, it took me 45 min. When I pulled into the parking lot I was floored by what was taking place. I pulled up and the rain was coming down sideways. It was beating on the side of my vehicle and I would have sworn it was going to actually penetrate the metal. Then out of no where one of the Baristas comes running over to my car with an umbrella. He was soaking wet, getting pelted with rain and … [Read more...]