Archive · November, 2009
The Mac’s Back
Monday, November 30th, 2009The MacBook is back up and running again. Expect quite a few links and a delicious Tiramisu recipe tomorrow!
Starbucks to Donate $.05 from every Hand-Crafted Beverage on World AIDS Day
Monday, November 30th, 2009stores in the US and Canada.
The company also said that if customers are unable to make it to a Starbucks store on World Aids Day, they can still be a part of the fight against AIDS in Africa by visiting http://www.starbucksloveproject.com. There they can contribute a drawing to the aEUR~Love Gallery’ and for each drawing Starbucks will make a USD0.05 contribution to the Global Fund, up to 1 million drawings.”
You can also find brief a description at the Starbucks event page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184910581805.
Read the full article, “Starbucks to contribute USD0.05 from every hand-crafted beverage for World AIDS Day,” at TradingMarkets.com. Posted 11/30/09.
Coffee Cup Crawl: The 8-Mile Journey For Coffee
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
The Chase Tower’s Ground Cafe held their first ever Coffee Cup Crawl this morning. The almost 8-mile-long bike ride started and ended at the Ground Cafe but included stops at other local coffee shops so riders could fuel up with caffeine while pedaling for a good cause.”
Read the full story, “Coffee Crawl” at MyHighPlains.com, posted 11/28/09.
The Ground Cafe web site is located at: www.thegroundcafe.com/
Google labels www.thegroundcafe.com as “This site may harm your computer;” I didn’t visit the site.
You can get some basic information about Ground Cafe from Yelp.
Save Your Old Coffee Carafes as a Backup
Saturday, November 28th, 2009-Oscar, via e-mail
Read this and other [non-coffeee] Dear Heloise tips at The News-Press, posted 11/28/09.
Laced Coffee. Who Knew?
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Read the full Reuters article, “‘Coffee police’ fight fraud on shop shelves“. Posted 11/25/09.