56% of Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises takes place in various cafes where the characters down liquor and coffee as if it’s the Sunday before Lent.
Unsurprisingly, Hemingway also spent a vast majority of his time writing in these French Starbucks imitations.
There are approximately 12,440 Starbucks worldwide.
My favorite place in the world is Elevate, and that happens to be a coffeeshop with live music.

Conclusion? Coffeeshops such as Starbucks or The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf are taking over the world.
(And I”m not just saying that because, as a writer, I spend an inordinate amount of time around the fumes of ground up coffee and cocoa beans)
Sure, you can try and make a frappechino in your own home, but, if you’ve got mad skills like me, you’ll end up disappointed and unsatisfied with a watery milkshake instead of the frothy heaven that is the Starbucks version.
We pay top dollar for gourmet coffee drinks not only because they’re trendy, but because they’re freaking delicious. Not to mention you can’t walk a block in Vegas without bumping into the International Sign of Peace that is a welcoming Starbucks sign.
Even Starbucks competitors are shaking up the Coffeeshop playing field with innovations such as live music, roomier locations and cheaper coffee.
So go shell out $3.45 for a Grande trip to Cloud 9 in the form of a caffeinated beverage. We only live once, so we might as well be awake for it.
