Something else I've been doing besides spending way too much time on Facebook this summer, is trying to find the perfect cold coffee drink I can make at home. ( This is longer than I expected it to be, and possibly not very interesting for anyone else. )

Baked the cookies for cream wafers. Will maybe get them frosted tonight ( Read more... )

Maybe you've noticed I don't care for Star*ucks. All their stores in the U.S. are closing tomorrow for special training. But don't worry about reading the article. The really funny bit is the comments at the bottom. These people need to get a life.

Barnes & Nobles has recently opened a store in Cherryvale Mall in Rockford, complete with "a café serving Starbucks coffee." Because of the contract agreement between B&N and CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (who own the mall), Gloria Jean's Coffees has to move. There can't be another coffee shop within a certain distance of the B&N/Starfucks, ( Read more... )