TheBilcourt: Starbucking

Starbucking

Monday night featured an interesting experience. I went with Josh and Jesse to the Belcourt to see a documentary called "Starbucking". It's the story of a man named Winter(just Winter. His full legal name is Winter.) who is obsessed with trying to visit every Starbucks in the world. He goes to the stores, takes a picture, and has a cup of coffee in each one. According to his regularly updated blog, he has visited over 6338 + 29 North American stores and 432 international Starbucks stores. He told us that he has visited about 91-92% of all "Starbucks owned" Starbucks. He doesn't visit licensed stores like Target Starbucks or mall kiosk Starbucks. Those have Starbucks brands but they're run by another company.

The film itself was a lot more entertaining then what I was actually expecting. What made the film seem better was the fact that Winter was actually at the Belcourt to do a Q&A. Throughout the film, the Winter we see is almost crazy. The film gives you the idea that this guy has some sort of mental problem(which I think he might really have and coffee + caffeine don't help), but the Winter we we're presented with after the film was very calm and subdued. I took my camera to get a picture, but in a way he kind of scared me a bit so I didn't bother. It's kind of funny but everyone that knows me knows I'm not a huge coffee fan, but this film has the same effect as Super Size Me. I think we all totally wanted to go to Starbucks and get coffee afterwards. I admire him for attempting this. It's a goal that will take him a lifetime to accomplish, but he continues. Starbucks has announced that they want to open 40,000 stores. Good luck to him...

The DVD comes out in April and I suggest anyone that has Netflix, get it and check it out.

Here's the trailer courtesy of his site and YouTube...

UPDATE!!- Mk, after thinking about it and after finding out that WInter himself has read my blog, I need to clarify some earlier remarks. Due to the type of quest he is on, he comes in contact with quite a bit of coffee/caffeine. It is hard to distinguish which Winter you are seeing. It is hard to determine if Winter acts the way he does because of the coffee or if he is just acting naturally. The film features Psychology students that profile him. So with those two things, you are kind of left to wonder exactly what he really is like coffee aside. In no way, shape, or form did I want to offend Winter. I was mainly trying to describe what I was presented with during and after the film. He has achieved a bigger goal than I really ever have, so I think he's awesome.

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What's Sneaky Billy up to right now???

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