McDonald's coffee drinkers. The most loyal?

So says the market research firm, CustomersDNA, as reported by the Wall Street Journal. CustomersDNA questioned 15,000 fast food customers about their coffee buying habits. When asked how likely they were to stray from one merchant to another, McDonald's customers were the least likely to go anywhere else.

That's a surprising result even considering the fact that McDonald's coffee is the least expensive, and sometimes as much as $.75 less expensive than Dunkin' or Starbucks.

For the record, if you line up all three stores with fresh coffee and all three had the same price, I'll choose Dunkin' Donuts first.

How about you?

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The Art of Choices . . .

Please accept an invitation to visit my son's first blog and his first post. He is twenty years old, a fourth year voice student in Philadelphia, and is commenting on his take on things away from Texas.

This first post is on how to pick a commuter train seat for legroom and comfort. I liked it, of course.

Thank you.

Link: http://shivoneschoice.blogspot.com/

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A Visitor's Guide to the Main Street Arts Festival, 2011.

Glass from Renee & James Engebretson

Fort Worth's, Main Street Arts Festival has grown to be one of our fair burg's signature annual events. And on opening day, April 14, it will proudly begin its 26th year.

Fort Worth hosts other well-attended events. Some are older, such as, the Stock Show, some more international, such as, the Van Cliburn Piano Competition, but in my mind, none more fitting and beneficial to the immediate downtown area than the Main Street Arts Festival. It symbolizes, at least to me, downtown's change for better in the last twenty-five years.

The Main Street Arts Festival is the sixth largest in the nation featuring over 200 booths out of 1,500 applicants; painting, glass, ceramics, wood, and other mediums from some of the world's best artists and craftsmen.

But, as I say every year, this is a food blog.

So, I should also mention that Main Street Arts also has become an event that draws people for the entertainment and the food. The Festival has the standard hot dog/cotton-candy type booths, but also has dozens of local restaurants selling select items from their menu, and specialty food sellers like Lone Star Roasted Nuts and Schmidt's bratwurst.

Times Ten Cellars is returning with their wine tasting party -- and at $35 it's worth considering. They sold out last year, so if you are interested, buy a ticket now.

Below are links to the culinary world at Main Street:

• Food and Restaurants: Here
• Times Ten Wine Tasting: Here
• Beer and other adult beverages: Here

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Main Street Arts Festival

April 14 - 17, 2011

10 AM -- 10 PM

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