With the Olympics in town Starbucks has become the great equalizer, you may not get invited to all of the so-called A list soirees (hey at least you won't get stuck in a corner talking with John Doyle) but eventually, it seems everyone needs their caffeine fix.
Sighted in the Starbucks in the Garibaldi Highlands between Vancouver and Whistler so far: The Governor General Michelle Jean and her entourage. Apparently she was polite, soft-spoken and patient as she waited for her large order, which she placed and paid for. Bob Kostas from NBC was a different story apparently. The diminutive broadcaster, rumour has it, skulked off to one side as one of his minions ordered an extra hot, non-caf, soya latte, which he then complained was too hot, and questioned whether it was in fact made with soya milk and added did local staff know what soya milk even was?
At Galileo Coffee House down the highway in Britannia Beach Sarah Mclaughlin and a friend came in and ordered the Canadiano (an Americano with maple syrup) she had never heard of such a concoction but she said she had heard maple syrup was good for a variety of common ailments such as, dropsy, the ague and skin failure.
She also bought a pound of fresh roasted coffee beans, after first enquiring about fair trade practices.
Down in Vancouver at the Starbucks in Gastown a local resident elbowed Russell Crowe out if the way when the movie star thought he should get the movie star treatment and go to the head of the line. When said resident asked Mister Superstar if he wanted to make something out of it, he allegely responded that know he was fine and demurely returned to the back of the line.
