Archive for February, 2008

Coffee Shop - Growers’ profits wilt

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Houston Chronicle - Day is the one day in the middle of the winter when everyone wants roses, and the 150 laborers on this 35-acre rose plantation Flowers, for example, require six field hands per acre, compared with less than one for coffee and other agricultural

Coffee Shop - Only 3 more days

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Spokane Spokesman-Review - Only 3 more days until Hot Potatoes returns to a blog site near you. ETA: 9 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3. I hope you folks are enjoying the holidays. I’m starting to get the bug to get back to bloggin’, but I’ll resist until Monday. Meanwhile, I couldn’t
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Coffee Shop - Federer stings Nadal in Masters

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Lorena Ochoa was solid as ever, playing bogey-free for a 6-under 66 to tie for the low round Saturday with Paula Creamer, who The group includes starting offensive linemen Antoine Caldwell and Marlon Davis and No. 2 rusher Glen Coffee, along with
Brimming With StyleHartford Courant - They [...]

Coffee Shop - Food costs bite into bottom line

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Columbian - BY JONATHAN NELSON, Columbian staff writer The scone, bagel and doughnut you grab at Starbucks might cost you a little more in Restaurants, a Seattle-based company with bakeries in Vancouver and Seattle that produce pastries for the Starbucks coffee

Coffee Shop - More from Gainesville.com

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Gainesville Sun - The Laurel Oak Inn, which neighbors the Magnolia Plantation Inn and the Camellia Rose on Southeast Seventh Street, is just On this particular morning a quiet weekday in the sunny, coffee-scented kitchen Monta Burt is reveling in timeless
Kenyan School [...]

Coffee Shop - Man Robbed of $150,000 in Front of New York City Starbucks

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

FOX News - A gunman accosted a man carrying a duffel bag containing nearly $150,000 in broad daylight Friday next to a New York City Starbucks coffee shop, leaving his victim empty-handed and bloodied, WNBC.com reported. Seton Ijams, 50, had just withdrawn the
Hackers use new tricks to steal IDsFort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - [...]

Coffee Shop - JOHNSON: Quandary for blacks

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Rocky Mountain News - The first time I actually thought of this was on Sunday morning over coffee, when I opened The New York Times and saw a We are still suffering from the old plantation hang-over, where we still don’t trust each other (400 consecutive years). Black
Assistant solicitor arrestedCharleston [...]

Coffee Shop - Scientists Finding Ways to Perfect a Cup of Joe, Without the Attitude

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

New York Times - Television viewers of a certain age may remember El Exigente, the Colombian coffee buyer with strict standards in commercials for Savarin coffee in the 1960s and 70s. Surrounded by local coffee growers, the white-suited Demanding One would take a
Two murders and two life sentences won’t [...]

Coffee Shop - Easy to use Big Book

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Observer Today - supplements; clubs are invited to promote their upcoming events, table space available for vendors and clubs (free), coffee These Princes of Pasta offer up a unique blend of comedy, juggling and audience participation. Balls, rings, clubs, spinning
Win Her With DinnerFort Madison Daily Democrat - [...]

Coffee Shop - Cleaning offices is a dirty job for night crews

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Baltimore Sun - Yet, one woman yelled at him for throwing out an aged cup of coffee too soon. “I practically saved her life,” he said. Forty-year veteran cleaner Eleanor Hoffman wants to know what’s with all those under-desk shoes. “We’re talking about 10 to 15 pairs