I ended up getting my tumblers at "fake" SBUX locations (one at a college, another at a Target in a less populated area in another state while I was on the road). All of the local corporate stores sold out practically before the sun was up. Unfortunately, it's now been two days of Italian Roast. In the old days, it was never permissible to brew ITA or FRE for COD. NEVER! The idea that we now have whole weeks of this (or else suffer with Pike) makes the free tumbler fills come at a challenging price. The idea that they're using less expensive beans doesn't surprise me at all. That's the whole premise behind forcing 2% milk on customers and pretending it's for health rather than financial reasons. Once the tumbler promo is done, I think I may let my gold Rewards membership lapse. SBUX just isn't much fun anymore.

Thanks for sharing this, Dave! I was very fortunate to happen upon this sighting, which was just long enough for me to snap one quick mobile photo before the butterfly went traveling down WePo.

I definitely prefer the green. Interestingly, many retailers switched to green (or other dark colors) during the 90s, as it was seen as creating more of a premium shopping experience. Darker colors also make the products stand out more, rather than the shelving. I guess this shelving remains from when this was a Baby Teeter, though.

Thanks again, Dave! Great seeing you last night.

Wonderful photo, Dave! Very appropriate. Thank you.

There's also a Facebook Group for this: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=372770857545.

To continue following play-by-play nonsense, visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Decatur-GA/Taste-of-Decatur/115530708457843. They just keep right on recrafting the tale this afternoon...

I'm still not entirely sure why they would've told anyone the event was cancelled, since it was not planned as an outdoor function. (The LS page improperly promoted that concept, but the ToD site did not). Where did LS get the info? Well, you'd think it was from the ToD promoters. Surely they did not make it up. Yet why would they hold an event just to get people to "sign up" for a card that would arrive via US Mail? Why not actually have cards to give away? Will we ever know the story?

Just to clarify, this is tomorrow (the 9th). Wish it were tonight, as there are about three dozen things happening simultaneously tomorrow. Thanks much for the reminder!

You may wish to retitle this as CFA IN NDM closed. I'm sure the triple drive-thru at the mall is still going strong (lots more traffic outside than in).

Decatur Girl, You may wish to consider meeting folks before you issue judgement. Caroline sent an email to personal friends and never intended this to become "her" issue or to be associated with it. She did not know the booting ordinance was up for consideration and passed until I told her. She wasn't even sure how the media got her contact info this week.

Apparently the advertising failed completely for me. I passed this casino twice last week and know folks that have just been there, but the name never registered. Last night I could never read the name (just the Creek portion). Now I know, though I'm still not clear why they were hovering over neighborhoods southeast of Decatur.

Love it! Great seeing you last night.

Just what I love...cookies that not only look but sound and feel delicious. Here's to the ginger chewie virus reaching all of us! :)

Oh, these sound pretty darn amazing. Thanks for posting the creation!

Glad you were able to cover the event, and I'm certainly very surprised that it was not a full crowd. I would've been there were it not for a monthly board meeting.

Actually I sent the link to the newsletter, along with information about the open house, happening 10.22 at 6:30pm. I'll share a public link to that if they create one in the future.

Might I get a BlogZILLA shirt? I didn't know they existed!