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Did you know that it costs 1.38 cents to make a penny? I just read an article at OhMyGov.com that told me that. Check out this link to read the article. This is a big deal, because we have a lot of pennies being made every year in the USA. Have you ever wondered what is up with pennies and coins, since our dollar keeps loosing value? I just checked Yahoo Finance and it said that a Euro is worth about 1.49 dollars. This means that our currency isn’t worth that much vs. the Euro. One of the reasons why pennies cost so much to make is because there is supposed to be copper in a penny. Copper is a valuable commodity and it is expensive on the world market. Copper costs .00683 dollars/gram according to yahoo answers. Check out the link to yahoo answers here. If a penny weighs 2.5 grams then that means if it was pure copper it would cost .01625 dollars or 2 cents. But we know that each penny isn’t made of 100% copper.  One of the biggest uses of copper is for electrical wiring. So it makes sense that we need a great deal of copper to support the construction of making new buildings all across America. So when you look at your pennies. Take a look at the date. Because as a good rule of thumb, the older they are, the more copper content they have in them. And they usually are worth more the older they are. Or if the condition of the penny isn’t that great, then you can always melt down your pennies and use them for electrical wiring in the case of a post-apocalyptic scenario where copper mines are scarce.

Coast Barber Shop

333 Marigold Avenue

Corona del Mar, CA 92625

(949)675-7033

Hours of operation:

Tuesday – Friday: 8:30AM – 4PM

Saturday: 7:30AM – 12PM

Closed Sunday and Monday

I just got a shave and a haircut yesterday at the Coast Barber Shop in Corona del Mar. It was great! Fast Eddie wasn’t there yesterday so a great barber named Angel cut my hair. I was getting a shave and a haircut because I’m trying to wake up earlier. Basically I’m trying to motivate myself by shaving my beard as a way of saying I no longer want to be pulled around by my chin hairs in life. And I want to take control of what I do with myself. I want to blog more and wake up early.

So here’s how my shave and haircut went. First thing that happened was the shave. Angel sat me down in the chair and told me to put my feet up in the barber’s chair and he made me real comfortable. He then used clippers to cut off the beard and mustache. It felt weird to have so much hair removed from my face at once. I must have been growing my beard for at least 2-3 months. After that he leaned me back and covered my face in a hot towel. It was fun only being able to breathe out of my nose. Then Angel put some lotion on my face and massaged it in. He did a good job and I think this part is important because it helps prepare your face for the straight razor. Then he put warm shaving soap on me and started shaving away. He had skills with the straight razor and I was comfortable during the entire shave. I felt very little pulling pain and tugging that happens often during a straight razor shave.

Next Angel gave me a great haircut. He used clippers and scissors as usual but he took his time. There were people waiting in line to get their hair cut but Angel didn’t rush at all and gave me the full respect of someone who waited for his shave/haircut. I felt like I was a valued customer the entire time and after the haircut was all done I looked brand new. Today when I went into Starbucks to order my Caramel Macchiato, the Barista who knows me said I looked like I was 12 years old! I think he meant that I looked a lot younger. So go to Fast Eddie’s Coast Barbershop for a great Haircut and a Shave if you want to look fresh!

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The Starbucks Caramel Macchiato tastes so good. I think I’m addicted to them. I almost have one of these Venti Caramel Macchiatos every day. They don’t even need to be made right for them to taste yummy. I think the way the vanilla syrup and the caramel sauce mixes with the espresso shots and milk makes a delicious drink. It’s a comfort beverage for sure. When the Caramel Macchiato is made right by a good barista the foam has semi-thickness to it. Starbucks’ official website says the drink is supposed to have, “velvety foam and our proprietary buttery caramel sauce.” This velvetiness is rad. I love it. I’m drinking a Caramel Macchiato right now and the Barista made it right. The foam was soft and the caramel rested on top of the foam and made it nice and sweet. This made a bed for the espresso shots to rest on. But the drink is good even after you eat the foam and caramel. The milk mixes with the espresso and since they don’t overpower the drink with too much vanilla syrup the drink has a nice equilibrium of sweetness and bitterness. The bitterness comes from the espresso aftertaste. It leaves a sticky flavor on your tongue so I often want to brush my teeth after I drink a Venti Starbucks Caramel Macchiato. The espresso before-taste is slightly nutty but it really depends on how the shots were pulled and if the machine is tuned properly.

But will the Venti Starbucks Caramel Macchiato make me fat? They have about 300 calories for a Venti (20 oz.) drink. That’s the 2% milk version. Is an extra 300 calories a lot per day? Well, I burn about 300 or so calories when I do the elliptical exercise machine for 30 minutes or so at the gym. This means I have to exercise for 30 minutes to burn off one drink. Why? I think it’s because of all the milk. Milk is pretty dense stuff. It is made by cows to be a meal in liquid form so it makes sense that there is a great deal of calories in a huge paper cup full of the stuff. Let’s take a look at the other nutritional facts for the Venti Starbucks Caramel Macchiato. There’s 8 grams of fat and 5 of those grams are saturated fat. Is that too much fat? It doesn’t sound that bad. This cool website gives daily intake values. It says the total saturated fat you should have in your daily diet is 20 grams. So this drink is one fourth of your total saturated fat. That isn’t terrible. But that kind of fat can add up easily if you have multiple drinks per day. There’s 13 grams of protein in this Venti beverage which is a little more than a fourth of your daily protein intake. (This is based on a 2000 calorie diet for adults.) This drink is pretty tame in terms of calories when compared to the Large Mocha from Peet’s Coffee and Tea. If you check out my article on the Large Mocha from Peet’s you’ll find out that it has over 500 calories. I think it’s a lot more calories because whipped cream is calorie dense. Also the chocolate in the mocha has got to make it more of a substantial drink. If I had to choose which drink I like more, I’d go with the Starbuck’s Venti Caramel Macchiato. The reason why is because it’s sweet but not overpoweringly sweet like the mocha. And it has layers without needing whipped cream.

So I’ve been drinking almost 1 of these Venti Starbucks Caramel Macchiatos for the past 2 months and I exercise very little. I don’t think they make me fat. I think they are filling but they lacks the calories to cause someone to get really fat. I do think the drinks can make me a bit pudgy tho. I’ve noticed that I fit more comfortably into size 36 shorts/pants now instead of 34 so I think beverages like these do make a difference. But I think drinks like the Mocha have more of a fattening punch to them. Remember, the Caramel Macchiato is mostly just a tall glass of milk. But this version that I drink is 2% and I don’t ask for extra caramel sauce. That’s a factor. If you add whole milk or half and half to your drink and/or get caramel sauce then you might get a more fattening drink.

While you drink your Caramel Macchiato why don’t you read our article on the Starbucks Very Berry Coffee Cake and decide if you want to have some cake with your coffee.

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