tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post1590615291645142386..comments2024-03-09T00:31:10.190-05:00Comments on Seen Through a Glass: WhiskyFest Chicago: Getting Ready for the FestLew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-65373578627807252402007-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:46:00.000-04:00Blommer? Next year, we're going.Blommer? Next year, we're <I>going.</I>Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-2066520053114412452007-04-17T10:45:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:45:00.000-04:00Yeah, I feel okay about patronizing a chain in the...Yeah, I feel okay about patronizing a chain in the home market, but...what about when the chain gets bought by a chain of chains? It's kind of deracinated. I'm still feeling okay because we've been going to the Corner Bakery for seven years, since before the purchase (it's since been sold again), and it still feels the same, but it does make me uneasy. What a geeky thing. Still, other folks give a damn about other weird things.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-25038611339278500492007-04-17T10:29:00.000-04:002007-04-17T10:29:00.000-04:00Probably Blommer Chocolates - it's on the west sid...Probably Blommer Chocolates - it's on the west side of the river on Kinzie, but the aroma permiates the Loop!Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585545034172431563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-37518277785617249282007-04-17T09:24:00.000-04:002007-04-17T09:24:00.000-04:00Lew, I like the way you feel need the need to just...Lew, I like the way you feel need the need to justify patronising a chain establishment! I feel just the same way. However, I don't think you behaved unethically - there's nothing wrong with supporting a chain in its own hometown. It's when the tentacles creep into other markets, forcing out local businesses, elsewhere, that one has to discriminate. I'd drink in Starbucks in Seattle, because that's where they belong. I won't touch them in London, though.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.com