Friday, December 01, 2006
Visiting the Mecca
So I recently made a trip up to Seattle, WA for work, but managed to have a couple days off afterwards. So me and some coworkers (friends?) made our way down to Pike Place Market, which for those of you who are unfamiliar with the area, is a cool little place down on the shore. There are all sorts of neat little shops and a great fish market which has been shown numerous times in TV and movies where they make a show out of buying fish. They throw fish to/at each other and there is usually a large crowd of tourists there watching.
This time we were on a mission though, to find the mecca, that is right, the First and original STARBUCKS coffee co. store. I don't know how many of you know, or care, but STARBUCKS has been around since 1971 starting at this little store in Pike Place Market. It was packed, in the neighboring area I saw no less then 4 different STARBUCKS', but this one was jammed packed, everyone wanted to say that they have been to the original I guess.
It was an almost surreal experience I have to admit. The store still had the original logo, a mermaid with a split tail.
I'll have a Venti Caramel Macchiato with whip no foam upsidedown, thank you. Here is my $53.00 for my crack (aka coffee), and please don't ever go out of business.
This time we were on a mission though, to find the mecca, that is right, the First and original STARBUCKS coffee co. store. I don't know how many of you know, or care, but STARBUCKS has been around since 1971 starting at this little store in Pike Place Market. It was packed, in the neighboring area I saw no less then 4 different STARBUCKS', but this one was jammed packed, everyone wanted to say that they have been to the original I guess.
It was an almost surreal experience I have to admit. The store still had the original logo, a mermaid with a split tail.
I'll have a Venti Caramel Macchiato with whip no foam upsidedown, thank you. Here is my $53.00 for my crack (aka coffee), and please don't ever go out of business.
