Sometimes you find the oddest examples of real life detail in your Second Life fantasy. One is the black & white avatar self portrait found in an high-end jewelry store.
The other is the semi-ubiquitous soda machine found at both the Spaceport Bravo Spaceflight Musuem and the glamorous beach side shopping district Barcelona del Oeste. Granted, this would exist in real life, but drinking is still quite different in Second Life.
Actually .... this may be a case be old fashioned viral marketing. The Coca Cola company is actually sponsoring a Second Life Coke Machine Contest. I don't think I'm ready to ponder the implications of that one.
Of course, if the Penn State virtual campus gets a soda machine...it will have to be blue.