Anyone who knows us also knows about SBF (Starbucks Fridays) which are our weekly ritual of going to Starbucks, getting coffee, and sitting/chatting for an hour or three. So, yes, we have a religion that revolves around Starbucks. We love Starbucks!
But this week, we discovered Coffee Bean and a whole new world opened up for us. In this particular part of California, there are two Coffee Beans and two Starbuckses in walking distance of each other; in both situations, the java joints are across the street from one other in a perpetual corporate coffee face-off. Not once since we arrived in CA have we been to Starbucks.
Instead, we have enjoyed daily Hazelnut Lattes and IceBlended Mochas while we watch people along the Strand and listen to the crash of the Pacific. And from what we've heard, Coffee Bean is much more integrated into the California culture than Starbucks. Sure, Californians still go to Starbucks, but Coffee Bean is much more popular. Fair enough, since Starbucks is the go-to coffee shop in New York.
We won't be out here much longer, so we'll continue to enjoy as much Coffee Bean as possible (and maybe smuggle some on the plane - shh!). My biggest fear is that nothing will be the same once we get back to NY... but in the darkest of nights, Starbucks will be there to comfort us.
xxo, S
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