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And so, after lots of posts on the subject on Phillyist and a ridiculous amount of hype across the planet, the World Cup begins today. The first game kicks off today at noon Eastern, with hosts Germany taking on Costa Rica. Every match will be broadcast in high definition on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC, with Spanish-language (but standard definition) telecasts of each game on Univision or Telefutura.

Phillyist is, of course, just as patriotic as all of our other Ist brethren out there. And while we might not go crazy flouting it the way we suspect our friends at Londonist will over the next few weeks, we'll still be rooting hard for the good ol' U-S-of-A. Specifically, we'll be rooting for two players on the U.S. roster who hail from Philadelphia: Bobby Convey and Chris Albright.

Phillyist is well aware that even though Philadelphia sports fans are the most passionate in this country, they tend to also be quite parochial. But next week, the single most important sporting event on the PLANET, the soccer World Cup, kicks off in Germany.

As part of their new summer drinks launch campaign, Starbucks is treating the first 1,0000 visitors at the zoo this Saturday by purchasing their tickets giving them gratis entry and they will be giving away samples of their new line of delicious drinks all day.... Used to be mocha flavor was best on the block, then Starbucks delighted us with the addition of the caramel machiatto (a personal fave both hot and cold) and a slew of frozen blended coffees, but they have truly outdone themselves this time.From now until August 30th, thirsty customers can get a banana coconut or a banana crème Frappucino for a refreshing non-alcoholic taste of the tropics. It’s delicious, guaranteed to lift ones spirits and costs less than airfare to Costa Rica.To loosely quote Gwen Stefani, this sh-t is bananas and we hope the sampling table at the zoo isn’t anywhere near the monkey cages.

We’ve been having a bad week. But last night we discovered that a great way to distract you when your therapist is in Costa Rica until next Thursday and the highlight of your week has turned out to be the naked masturbating homeless guy, is to go to a great show at First Unitarian Church. Even though we felt over-dressed and “Gap-py” for the crowd at large, we couldn’t help but feel the evening was like a strong dose of Zoloft.