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If you are someone like me who tends not to take very good care of themselves while traveling, I recommend playing the Starbucks for Life game every December. It allows you two free game plays per day, and you can rack up points to use to keep yourself fed and caffeinated. One time I won $100 gift card and that lasted me like a whole year.
I like Starbucks because they are everywhere, ubiquitous in airports, and usually have accommodating hours for people who get up really early. The thing I like least about Starbucks is anything they actually serve there.
Dec 13, 2024
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This is the best thing you can receive and the best thing you can give to another. Free starbucks is luxury. It is elite. People will notice the cup you are holding and respect you for acting regular for once in your life.
Nov 2, 2023
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Upper East Side: 63rd and Lex - $8.22 for a Medium Iced Soy Chai with a Shot of Espresso. I’m not going to say dirty chai. And I’m not going to memorize the Starbucks specific cup sizes. There was some trouble ringing me up, and I had to confirm that the milk in my latte was soy milk because it looked like it was curdling... Then I tasted it and it was so sweet - too sweet? And I was like… does this even have a shot of espresso in it (emphasis on the dirty chai)? She said yes, but she’ll give me another shot. Her can-do attitude made up for the curdling milk incident.
Midtown: 35th and 8th - Dont even get me started LOL. Like actually don’t go to this Starbucks. They’re always out of what you want and the line is always so weird.
Near Penn Station: 35th and 7th - Objectively fine. Drinks slightly more expensive probably because it’s near Penn Station. One time I saw a man here exhibit the most deranged behavior where he asked for a stirrer thing for his hot coffee and then he used it, spilled a bit of his drink and just threw it on the counter and walked out.
East Hampton: 39 Main St - Wait times approx. 15 minutes even for something as simple as a Oat Cold Brew. Seems to be a very laissez faire attitude type of institution. Lots of chatting. The employees are obsessed with spelling names correctly here. It doesn’t really matter, does it?
Bridgehampton: 2488 Montauk Hwy - There’s something about this one that just gives mobile order vibes. Spacious and nice atmosphere but my Soy Iced Americano was way too watery and made me question wether or not I wanted to continue to get Americanos instead of Lattes (Megan told me they are cheeper).
Southampton: 29 Hampton Road - This didn’t exist when I was growing up. When they built it, there was a lot of commotion and it was very controversial in the sense that people fully boycotted it. I felt no way about it (I’m someone who supports the Silver Lake Salt & Straw even though people have literally berated me while minding my own business eating ice cream on Sunset, but whatever Gentrification). This location is fine overall, anything is better than the East Hampton location at this point.
Newark Airport: Terminal A - Pleasantly surprised by the design here. Quick service considering it’s an airport. $11.02 for a large Iced Soy Chai with a shot of Espresso and two Kind bars (when you’re getting a large, you might as well spend big and get two bars).
Silver Lake: 2560 Glendale Boulevard Placita - This is my neighborhood Starbucks. People complain about this parking lot. I don’t. Nothing bad to say. Love all the people who work here. One time, the man serving me asked if I was an artist — and said he could just tell. $7.45 with tip for a Large Soy Ice Chai Latte with a shot of Espresso.
Echo Park: 1400 Glendale - Love the idea of a drive through as someone who is from NYC but this Starbucks is basically like entering the loony bin.
Echo Park: 2134 Sunset - RESERVE next to the Chipotle and The Habit. Big parking lot, pretty nice inside- but I would never ever go here because the vibe really weirds me out. I don’t know why. Go to the drive through down the street next to Vons.
Los Feliz: 2138 Hillhurst - I’ll frequent this one every once in a while, when I’m working at Kelsi’s house. It’s nice inside because it used to be a RESERVE before it was hit with hard times and now it’s just a normal Starbucks (even though the employees still wear fedoras).
Los Feliz: 1700 N Vermont Ave - Shares the building and parking lot with a US Bank. If you park in one of the US Bank spots, you will get yelled at. Mobile order is behind the counter so you have to ask for your drink and that isn’t ideal.
USC: 642 W 34th - This was my college Starbucks (literally in the lobby of my Freshman dorm) so I’m giving it an honorable mention for being a “familiar face” so to speak when I moved to LA.
Fairfax: Farmers Market, 6333 W 3rd - I mean, why would anyone expect the Starbucks at The Grove to be a good location… It’s way too packed and the low ceilings and wet air make me uncomfortable. Tim ordered a lemonade with three shots of espresso and that just made me feel weird about the whole situation.
Hollywood: 859 N Highland Ave - Weird shack style location with no inside. You can walk up to the window (but that’s weird) so basically it’s drive through only. The line is always huge - and for what?
Mid City: 5353 Wilshire Blvd - It’s at the bottom floor of the Boulevard Apartment building on Wilshire. I used to frequent this Starbucks. You park in the guest parking of the apartments and have to go through a door in the garage that was always wet for some reason or you can walk around the front (but that’s annoying).
Mid City: 5757 Wilshire UNIT 106 - It’s next to LACMA in a strip mall that I have no clue how you get into, would never go here… I guess if you’re desperate you can figure it out.
West Hollywood: 7624 Melrose Ave - The one next to the Urban Outfitters (classic). It has a really nice outdoor zone, pretty spacious inside but always way too many people in it.
Nov 2, 2023
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technically it costs 50 cents but if you pay with your app thing it's just free and the ppl working there don't seem to give a flying f
Dec 14, 2023
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Here is a piece that I am livestreaming indefinitely on youtube. It’s footage from basically everywhere I’ve been in the past 3 years or so. All over America. YouTube is really a blessing; even if it was _just_ a storage platform for video it would be above and beyond anything else. I really recommend finding ways to make stuff for youtube.
Feb 10, 2024
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“The best thing you can be in life is tipsy. There’s four things you can be in life: sober, tipsy, drunk, hung over. Tipsy’s the only one out of the four where you don’t cry during it.”
– James Acaster
Feb 2, 2024
TooGoodToGo is an app that connects you to local businesses to buy unsold food for cheap. It’s especially good in NYC.
May 4, 2024