Originally Posted by lilHinault
Just a personal peeve: I was in Los Gatos and craving some of that Giant Peach, so I asked if they had a Starbucks downtown, No, I got a frosty reply to that, "We keep them out". How about Peet's then? No, "We keep them out, too, too commercial, we like family businesses here." So I ride around a bit and it's High-End-Consumerville, all Gaps and Crate & Barrel and so on, huge chain high-end consumerist stores, and right smack downtown, a SHARPER IMAGE!! The ultimate in chain, overprices, flashy junk. Sheesh!!
Sounds like whoever you're talking to needs a fat dose of reality. Personally I stay out of downtown LG for precisely that reason. There's a peet's at LG Blvd (aka Bascom) and Blossom Hill, right next to the lovely Vasona park.
ahpook, reppin' for Campbell