tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841606.post8203303182318709192..comments2023-08-10T22:56:36.532+12:00Comments on Noble Wolf: Starbucks closing, HoorayBrian Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841606.post-17530612825236140352008-08-07T09:01:00.000+12:002008-08-07T09:01:00.000+12:00Always happy to discuss travelling Fran, although ...Always happy to discuss travelling Fran, although my future looks a bit more restricted due to the world economy and what it has done to my superannuation funds. I am also terrified of heights.Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841606.post-8984641841040538752008-08-06T23:48:00.000+12:002008-08-06T23:48:00.000+12:00Hahaha! Trust me Brian, I am not as noble (pardon ...Hahaha! Trust me Brian, I am not as noble (pardon the pun my friend!) as I might sound. <BR/><BR/>I have eaten many a Big Mac in a place I needed a passport to get to. <BR/><BR/>FWIW McDonald's in the US has finally gotten good coffee and are actually hurting Starbucks because it is good and so much cheaper, lattes and all.<BR/><BR/>Go figure. <BR/><BR/>As for Machu Picchu, yes I did go and it Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841606.post-61358534313318763802008-08-06T05:03:00.000+12:002008-08-06T05:03:00.000+12:00Never drink the stuff - appalling! Sadly none of t...Never drink the stuff - appalling! Sadly none of the shops in Philadelphia will be closing this time 'round.<BR/><BR/>Last evening I went with a friend to the mall - something I detest. It was fascinating in that of the hundreds of shops in the mall and the neighborhood surrounding it (this was New Jersey by the way) not one - not one - was an independent business...Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167056789275283692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841606.post-40767178316952069172008-08-05T10:24:00.000+12:002008-08-05T10:24:00.000+12:00Thanks Fran. Hopefully while we can share similar ...Thanks Fran. Hopefully while we can share similar tastes in our fundamental beliefs, we can differ in food and drink :-) I must admit to going to McDonalds several times on my recent trip to Europe. I am rather addicted to Big Macs but generally chose it for convenience such as when leaving the opera in Vienna after 10pm, not having eaten before the 5.30pm start. However I do not like their Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29841606.post-84749204846318279322008-08-05T10:11:00.000+12:002008-08-05T10:11:00.000+12:00I do visit Starbucks, but not all the time. When I...I do visit Starbucks, but not all the time. When I was working in Manhattan, I did visit quite a bit.<BR/><BR/>It is a little freakily offensive- a little (a lot actually) to me when I visit a foreign country and see McDonald's, KFC, now Starbucks. Ick!<BR/><BR/>I don't go to other countries to frequent places that I don't really frequent at home.<BR/><BR/>Admission however... when Mr He Is and Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.com