There is a new shop in town in South County, e-Java and Wine. I went to visit it today. It is located in an old License Bureau (huge – 4K sq ft probably). They painted the walls, hung a few pictures, and threw burlap green coffee bags over the old service windows in the back. [...]

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Caribou Coffee is doing an IPO. Great for them. Somebody needs to give *$’s a run for their money – well sort of. Starbucks (*$) opened more stores last year than Caribou has total. I’ve never been to one, but there is one in the town I grew up in, so I’ll have to visit [...]

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Wow… Over 1 million tunes for $60/year. I’d say $5/mo (like the Yahoo ad does) but that would be a lie. If you want to pay by the month it is $6.99. Still a deal. Less than half of what the cost of a similar offering from Rhapsody (Rhapsody to-go is 14.99/mo). Downside is of [...]

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