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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Chicago Transit Espresso.












Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is toying with the ideas of having the limited hour coffee services on some of its “L” platform stops. Starbucks and Intelligentsia were mentioned as the potential vendors in the local WBBM News Radio segment.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Friday, November 23, 2007

Food Pairing: Coffee and Food.















Another great find by James. This is a nice online reference for those with the adventurous mind or the inspiring baristi who are searching for their next tasty signature drink ideas.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Starbucks Sirena – BMW Designed Espresso Machine.














BMW has joined other car makers to design its espresso machine. Starbucks is now offering Sirena designed by BMW (actually based on a Saeco machine) on its website for about US$600.00. So, among BMW, Audi, and Lamborghini, I have to pick the Italian, unless Ferrari joins the race...

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

The Bottom Is In!













The greenback is so unloved even the supermodel Gisele Bundchen demands to get paid in any currency other than our dollars. I had a conversation with a trader friend of mine a few weeks ago, and later I ran a Fibonacci calculation, which offered the projection that matched the high end target in this Bloomberg news article. I am sure you all have heard of “Herd Mentality”, and Gisele is one of the confirmations that the bottome is near...

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Jumper.

Looks interesting. I hope the movie will be as good as it advertised...

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Catchy...Love IT!

Spotted this picture here.