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Winter visits our shores
I arrived in Sydney with great excitement, as I had been wanting to visit Australia for over a decade.
31 Jan 2011
Though always at the forefront of my thoughts as an appealing and exotic destination, when I began my international Starbucking in earnest, Europe always seemed more cost-effective. I did make two trips to the Pacific, but at those times the fares to Hong Kong and Japan were significantly cheaper. But finally, I could wait no longer--I had been working fourteen months and saved up the money, and Australia beckoned.
I left America in early January, and trip could have gone awry had I...
Posted on Monday, 31 January 2011 by Winter
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Brisbane Flood Closes City
How our store was affected by the Brisbane floods
27 Jan 2011
It all began with the city rising to a panic level on Tuesday lunchtime as whispers went around that the city was in imminent danger. Instead of all running home and leaving each other, Sonya took Alex home as he was evacuated and she didn’t feel right leaving him at an evacuation centre, where he wouldn’t have known anybody. He then spent the next 3 nights on her couch.
From here on in, the team spirit in the store blossomed. As phone lines became blocked, the text...
Posted on Thursday, 27 January 2011 by Jennifer MacDonald
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