Seeing Stars

Written by Erica. Filed Under life 

On Saturday D and I we were out running some errands and somehow ended up at Starbucks. Again. I ordered my usual “tall no-whip mocha”, and he his usual “nothing”.

$3.47 and a few minutes later, the very cute barista handed me my coffee. Just before I fasten the lid on the cup, I notice a deviation from the norm: Said cute barista has put extra specialness into my drink, adorning it with a lovely star and drizzled it with chocolate syrup!

 

Latte Art

photo by rooracer78

I have to learn how to do that.

On a side note, if you have been having trouble accessing Five Blondes over the past few days, it’s because of a post of ours that went StumbleUpon crazy. Viral? Not sure of the official term for it. Anyway, 40,000 unique vistors later (yesIsaidyooooooooneek!), the traffic is starting to slow down from Saturday’s peak of 10,130. Look for my followup post later this week that will pay homage to the stumbler and Entrecarder who started it all…and also some interesting observations that I’ve had while using Spottt throughout that week (talk about timing!)…

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Comments

9 Responses to “Seeing Stars”

  1. Jason - GorillaSushi on February 19th, 2008 4:11 pm

    I heard my name! Oh wait, not yet…

    !!!! :)

  2. Kate on February 19th, 2008 4:23 pm

    I hate that darn post, I wish I never posted it, people are way mean!

  3. Erica on February 19th, 2008 4:52 pm

    Looks like the gorilla’s out of the bag…

  4. ConnieB on February 19th, 2008 5:21 pm

    Hey - you got 10,000….and I got 50!

  5. Erica on February 19th, 2008 5:27 pm

    mom, remind me to set you up with google analytics.

  6. Jason - GorillaSushi on February 19th, 2008 5:34 pm

    @Kate - People will be mean no matter what. I get it all the time too. It’s just a matter of percentages - the more people read your blog, the higher percentage of jerks. Keep your skin thick and remember that most of them are probably just jealous. :)

  7. Laura on February 20th, 2008 12:45 am

    I’d like to learn how to do that too. Probably a site online about it, a group on Flickr with photos too I’d bet. :)
    Laura’s last blog post..Every Day Brewed Fresh!

  8. fragileheart on February 20th, 2008 1:30 am

    I’m confused.. what happened? lol

    There’s this great little cafe down by my old University and they do the best foam art! I’ll have to visit again and take some pictures just to show you!

    fragileheart’s last blog post..iTheme

  9. Sue on February 20th, 2008 5:48 pm

    What an awesome blog - love the concept and love the closeness.. my sisters keep looking at me like.. WTH is a blog? And I just can’t get them into even commenting!

    Sue’s last blog post..Wellness Wednesday - The Forgiven

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