Starbucks stole the spotlight at the end of July announcing that they would be shuttering all 379 of their newly acquired Teavana locations. This comes in a long line of not so much failed as abandoned ventures by this coffee giant. There was the handcrafted sodas of 2012 and then the coffee delivery concept of… Read More
Who could have imagined such scandal behind the pristine, picture perfect wedding registry hot spot that is Crate and Barrel? When one reads a trend setter of American home goods retail is closing a major 4 story flagship property of 27 years in the highly trafficked Mag Mile of their hometown Chicago, a shop girl has got to… Read More
It was a normal Tuesday in 2014 when my daughter, Li’l A, and I took what was at the time one of our weekly visits to our local Chili’s. We were greeted by our host who made his annoyance of anyones’ visit known with a huff as he collected the menus. He would rush you to… Read More
