In-House Coffee Shop
My wife and I have enjoyed exploring the lively coffee-shop scene in the Twin Cities since moving here five years ago. (See my numerous reviews on the Kinda Different blog.) We like to find a new coffee place, seek out the most comfortable seating there, order coffee and whatever food is on offer, connect to the Wi-Fi, and settle in with our laptops for a good long visit. We have missed all that in this shelter-at-home era.
So Katharyn had a great idea. She picked up a couple of cans of cold roast on a shopping expedition – a Peet’s “black and white” iced espresso and a Dunkin’ Donuts iced latte. Twice now we have set up laptops at the kitchen table, split one of the procured drinks, dished up some croissants, and enjoyed an in-house version of our erstwhile coffee-shop connoisseurship. Katharyn found a mix of “coffee shop music” on YouTube. The Wi-Fi at home, backed by gig fiber from CenturyLink, is superior to anything we have encountered in the field; but the seating here is not as long-term comfortable as that at some of our favorite establishments. But the in-house coffee shop has the distinct advantage of a cat in residence.
The picture of Dasher really caught my attention. Not many one-eyed cats out there, and even fewer as coffeehouse cats-in-residence. Just posted a picture of ours on Nextdoor in one of the most heartwarming threads I’ve seen recently in that app:
https://nextdoor.com/post/142998723?init_source=copy_link_share
(Might have to scroll a little for it – couldn’t link to my specific reply.)
Hey Jim, great to see you here! Your Santi is a love for sure. Yes, it’s strange that Nextdoor doesn’t let you call out a particular post in its own URL. Facebook does that when you click on the post date but in ND it is not linked.
Delurking to say, Dasher is lovely! Some of my own family members are asymmetrical; beauty is everywhere if we know where to look.
He is dashing, that’s for sure. (That’s why he chose the name.)