Barista 101, Pinkberry Drama, Wine Vocabulary Builder, and a Comeback for 'The Comeback'

 

• For those of you interested in finding out how that Whole Latte Love 'latte art' contest wound up, check here. Personally, I don't think the winner of the beginner category should qualify as a beginner with an almost perfect looking leafy fern design. I'm still stuck on what I like to call 'the amoeba'.
• For those of you craving 'yogurt that tastes like yogurt', there has been much anticipation and drama in the LA area as Pinkberry and Kiwiberri race at a tortoise's pace to see who can open their additional franchise doors first. Additionally, KB doesn't seem to be the only copycat. Now there's Fiore in Little Tokyo, and the doomed Cafe Miaafe on Larchmont (couldn't even find a link to share with you the sadness that is Miaafe) striking up acidophilus enterprises. Everybody's blogging about it.
• For those of you who care, Chablis is a place, not a grape. It's one of the major errors made by American wine consumers, who were raised on Gallo & Gallo and Riunite on Ice.
  
• For those of you who dismissed last year's short-lived HBO 1/2 hour show 'The Comeback' as unworthy of Season Pass status, you have a chance to redeem yourselves. Buy it on DVD and hope that the brilliant Lisa Kudrow as the deluded Valerie Cherish earns her a much deserved Emmy (I love you, Jane Kaczmarek, but you've won enough).