BARISTA: What can I get for you today?
ME: Iced grande skinny vanilla latte, please.
BARISTA: Oh right, you’re that girl who comes in here every morning, updating her blog and such. What’s your name again… Liz?
ME: (awkward pause) Sure, my name is Liz.
When your parents give you a name that few people can pronounce, let alone spell, you are forced to resort to drastic measures when ordering your daily dose of caffeine. Hence, I take on a variety of pseudonyms in Starbucks each morning, including the ever popular “Liz.” While this has caused me quite a bit of trouble with a fellow customer named Lisette, I truly believe that it is worth the price of a potential cat fight with a 40 year old dyed-blonde obsessing over her clearly gay co-worker, Eric.
I say all this as an introduction to the purpose of this blog. After three years in a quaint New England liberal arts college and one year in a magical city known as Oxford, I returned to the Empire State to live out my ADA Cabot dreams. Within a few short months, though, I decided to switch gears and pursue the production career I had never dreamed possible. Over the next year I will be given the opportunity to follow this dream, building a news production unit at a major TV network. Follow me through the corporate madness.
However, keep in mind the defining feature of all these entries: the location in which they will be written and posted. As a profound lover of the green straw, the defining feature of every American Starbucks, I will frequent the coffee haven each time I update my cyber-audience on developments in my life. There may be a recession, and I may be earning minimum wage, but an addiction is an addiction. And one cannot put a price tag on my true source of happiness: oh, Starbucks.
Questions, comments, caffeine-related concerns ? Email me: yaffa.fredrick@gmail.com.
Lol, one of the best About Me’s that I’ve read. Hilarious picture of yourself, btw:)
Hi! I found your blog through Fresh Press. Loved the About Me! And I can definitely relate to the name thing! I often tell bartenders/waiters that my name is Olivia so I don’t have to spend like 10 minutes telling them how to say my name right lol.
I also found your blog through Fresh Press and I’m addicted. As a fellow Starbucks addict, I can totally relate. I’ve been in Africa all semester struggling without my daily (or twice daily) dose of latte. AND I also make up names for myself, as “Sarah” is not common nor ever pronounced correctly here. My favorite so far is Pumba. Anyway, keep blogging! You’re great!
Love your blog! Although I’m probably very much older than you, I can reach back into my life – both distant and near past – and can make immediate connections. Your About Me is great. I have the same problem with my name(s) and will just about answer to anything I’m called, within reason. It would take an essay to explain my names – suffice it to say that I’ve settled mostly upon “Bea” as a decent nickname that almost anyone can handle. Those who can’t, well, often they are my age nowadays and have a hearing problem. I give them the benefit of the doubt. You are an excellent blogger and writer. Please don’t ever stop writing.
Awesome.
Hi, I am a glass artist and stumbled upon your photo of your “Harlem Garden”. I would like to ask permission to use your photo as the basis for a piece I am working on, if you don’t mind. Please let me know your feeling.
Kelly