OMG! ITS THE FIRST STARBUCKS EVER!

So this weekend, I met my Dad in Seattle to go to a football game at Qwest. As all tourists do, my dad and I ask the concierge at the hotel for a good place to eat, and while giving up directions he mentioned that the first ever Starbucks was there too. Now obviously as a college student I have a large addiction to coffee, and well of course my place of choice is Starbucks. So my dad and I decided for novelty sake that we would go to the first ever Starbucks and grab a cup of joe. So first of all not only was there a crazy line, but whoever thought of this marketing scheme is a genius. After you wait probably about 10 minutes to actually get in the store, there is an insane amount of merchandize all based around the idea that its from the first ever starbucks store, like that is a feat in itself to get something from this first ever store. They even have a chart that you can pick from of all types of mugs and cups that they have in the back, all package and ready for you to to take home. Its pretty impressive. They have stuffed bears and original barista aprons. And the crazy thing is, every single person that went in, came out with a bag filled with the first starbucks goodies. And although I knew it was all a money grab, I ended up buying a "the first starbucks' travel cup".

A Blog About Things.

All throughout High School, and still to this day, I was obsessed with a show called America's Next Top Model. Every wednesday night, my mom and I would sit around the TV and decide who we thought was going home. When university rolled around, I started watching it online, and I found a link to this vlog on youtube about it that was done by 2 people analyzing the episode, and it turned out to be really funny. At the end of the video they linked to their website where they posted the videos every week. At first, I would just go on wednesday night after the episode aired and watched their videos and comments on the episode on their website. Then one day, while procrastinating from studying for my finals in first year, I decided to read different post they had put up during the week, some were about other shows that aired on prime time, but they had a lot of different posts about different types of products and what they thought of them. It started out just as a blog that 2 friends did together, and now has grown to where there is some serious advertising on their site, which I know they are totally getting paid for. It was extremely interesting watching this blog grow from a small two person blog on blogspot to a now fulling working website, with advertisements. It a pretty awesome website even if you don't like reality television, they go over some really cool products that I wouldn't have known about till I started reading this blog. And the best part, its a girl and a guy writing the blog, so they have something for both genders.
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