Shortly after I met Max, he got a job at a local bank BB&T. Max was working and living in Greensboro which was 45 minutes away from where I was living. One day he had car trouble so I picked him up from work. We were hungry so he took me to a nearby restaurant/bakery called Panera for the first time. One thing about me is, I won’t remember the exact date, I won’t remember what we were wearing, but I will remember the food. I had the Turkey Artichoke Panini, which is a hot turkey sandwich with cheeses, grilled onions, artichokes and lots of good stuff. That has been my favorite sandwich ever since. About a year later Panera came to Burlington, the city were I work and now live. They have the best sandwiches, soups, salads, and pastries. Burlington is growing and we are getting a lot of the fun stores I used to drive an hour to shop at. We now have Target, Old Navy, Michael’s Crafts, Best Buy and more. Since we’ve been growing I saw a Starbucks being built next to my Panera. I began to be worried. The evil Starbucks Coffee shop will take business away from my Panera and who knows, it may cause Panera to close! I told everyone I’m not going to Starbucks, Panera is better! Of coarse the real reason I wouldn’t go to Starbucks is because it’s a coffee shop, I don’t drink coffee. Then one day I was in Target. Target also has a Starbucks near its snack shop. I was sitting waiting for Max and I saw a young girl with a pink, drink that looked like a milkshake. A big light shone around and I realized, that could not be a coffee drink! I asked the mother what was the drink and she informed me it was a Strawberry Blended Creme. I then ran to look at the menu and saw there was a whole list of Blended Cremes that had no coffee in them! So I ordered the Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino® Blended Crème and I fell in love with it. It’s basicly a smoothie made of chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, milk and ice, topped with whipped cream. Yum! Since then I’ve tried them all. They have a Chocolate Chip, a Strawberry, a Vanilla Bean and they just came out with a Banana one. My favorite flavors are the Chocolate Chip and the Vanilla. The Vanilla reminds me of snow creme we would make when I was a child. I’m okay with the strawberry and the banana but it’s artificial flavoring which makes it taste more like a children’s cereal. So Starbucks is not evil, at least not completely. And now I don’t think that they will shut down my Panera. Panera has more food and better pastries to offer than Starbucks. Also Panera offers free wireless internet connection. I see people all the time there with their laptops and we use ours there too. Long live Panera! Long live Starbucks, as long as they keep my Double Chocolate Chip Frappuccino® Blended Crème! If that ever goes off the menu, evil will have taken over them completely!