I don’t want to toot my own horn or call myself a trend setter or anything but listen to this…

I have been drinking my daily Earl Grey Tea Misto for over a year now, and January 3 I went into Starbucks and ordered it as I usually do.  The cashier punched it in and gave me my total of $4.74.  I looked at her and said “I don’t think you got that right, it is usually $2.31?”  And she smiled that winning saleswoman’s smile and said “Oh I got it right!  We have a new fabulous loose leaf earl grey tea bag and now your drink is called a LONDON FOG.  It is just terrific!”  Big smile.  I looked at her and said, “Seriously?  You have a new tea bag that costs $2.50 more than the old tea bag?  But it is the same drink?  Can I still have it with the old tea bag?”  She reluctantly agreed and I was able to have my old normal drink, but now every time I go to Starbucks I have to combat the London Fog upsell.  I find it incredibly hard to understand why I would want to pay $2.50 more for something new that I have been drinking happily for a while now.  At my regular Starbucks, my guys brought out the fancy tea bags so I could see how fancy they look.  (I was curious)  They are beautiful looking tea bags – all silky and pretty.  But I still would rather have two mugs of Earl Grey Tea Misto, than 1 mug of London Fog.  Call me crazy.  I wonder how long it will be until the old cheaper tea bags are discontinued?

Last night we went to an amazing Italian restaurant called Il Piccolino on Preston Street with friends. It was wonderful. We sat outside and it was shady and breezy and very atmospheric. The food was wonderful and quite reasonable. I had a yummy caesar salad, followed by a shrimp pasta and ridiculous sorbet for dessert. So good! And great company too. This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 6:15am to go for a 5km run, then rushed off to a tennis lesson. When I got home we took the family and Gus to Bruce Pit to burn some of that Airedale energy. It was a really nice walk but now I am pooped. We just had lunch and now I really have to ice Jake’s birthday cake. In my mind it will be a stunning ode to a golf course, something a la Pebble Beach…but in reality I hope it will be distinguishable as a golf course and not just a green mess. Must get to it…birthday party is at 4pm.