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For all my Coffee LOVERS OUT THERE


Being a Bay Area native i understand the significance of small mom and pop restaurants. For example Peets Cofee & Tea ...Well for those who felt the same way I did about the difference from Peets and Starbucks guess what?


THERE NOT SO DIFFERENT... well at least in the beginning.

Turns out the founder of Peets, Alfred Peet started Peets in the late 60's in the heart of the liberal city of non-other then Berkeley. Good friends of his loved the idea and decided to start their own in non-other then Seattle, Washington called... you guessed it STARBUCKS. For the first few years Peets Coffee & Tea transported coffee from Peets in Northern California to Starbucks in Seattle, Washington. Is it funny that Starbucks is now all over the WORLD and Peets Coffee & Tea is fairly popular on the west coast. Yet, when you walk in to Peets you feel as though each one is unique to that community. Obviously I am a little Bias so I'm sure you can guess which one I'm a fan of.

Check out the video and hear what people have to say about both coffee houses.



So which one is better Starbucks or Peets?? Me personally I like the non franchise feeling you get when you walking into Peets!

some more history on Alfred Peet.

this makes me want some now... gotta RUN!

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If you get a second checkout my good friend megan's blog as she travels throughout Bolivia and works at a young girls orphanage !!!

http://www.meggiesbolivia.blogspot.com/

we need more people like this in the world!

TALK ABOUT INSPIRATION

THE 2010 DO SOMETHING AWARDS aired on VH1 last night, I was not sure what to expect. To my surprise, I was beyond inspired by the average and not so average citizens of the world that where doing extraordinary things on this planet. So I did some research and discovered the award show is sponsored by www.dosomething.org where teens and virtually anyone can find a cause they are passionate about and discover how to help.
There was one finalist story that really stuck with me. A woman enduring Genocide in Rwanda at only age 9 when her family was brutally murdered leading to her life long mission to tell her story.

Check out the link for more information on

Jacqueline Murekatete

http://www.dosomething.org/project/anti-genocide-education

So many people doing so many great things in the world I think we get so consumed in our daily lives we often forget how to actually live and what it all really means.

When our time is past and our party days are gone, how will we be remembered? The entrepreneur machine, the corporate America guru? I think its important that we please ourselves and make ourselves happy in the success we strive to obtain, but within that lies the deeper meaning of happiness and a deeper understanding of life. I’m only 23 and haven’t lived through the life that will confront me in the future years to come. But I know the gratifying feeling to help someone who needs it, or the shear joy I feel when I hear a persons story form struggle to triumph.

We are all individually blessed and have a special place and purpose on this earth. Don’t loose site of the bigger picture while running to your next class or scheduling your next meeting. People suffer and endure tragedy every Day, Minute, and Second so I ask the question again… when all is set and done what do you want to be remembered by? Your name or your legacy?

Food for thought…

Don't forget to check out the AWESOME award show on VH1.

and DO SOMETHING!!!

IM BACK!

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so i been going back and forth with this blog thing but im BACK! AND HOPEFULLY FOR GOOD! i need some new followers and I too need to follow some active bloggers.
So im back!

when you want a fresh perspective on things check it out from ZEN'Y point of VIEW!!!