
It is a cold, sunny Manhattan morning, one that inevitably turns into a suffocating afternoon of building sweat. A mass of office workers rushes into subway holes and emerges from them like millions of caffeinated rodents. I am late for this interview, waiting in line for a double tall caramel macchiato at the only Starbucks with an all-Russian menu in New York on Brighton Beach.
Fifty two work five day weeks minus vacation add up to 171 Starbucks. What if I had to do it all in one day?
Mark Malkoff stood up to the challenge and hit every single one of the Starbucks in Manhattan in just over twenty four hours. He filmed everything, from his first muffin to bribing an employee. I met him for a quick chat after my daily ritual.
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