Brew fest
Yesterday we went to the apple orchard again to swim and spend the day brewing beer. The smell of warm barley and hops filled the air while we ate cookies and went swimming. Why was I so convinced that I would never want to live in California? It must be the lack of good coffee shops.
On Day One of thesis writing I walked into what could potentially be the coolest coffee shop in town: an old railroad building with open rafters and stone exterior walls. The room was full of coffee smells and sounds and coffee people. I dropped off my backpack at a table near a window and looked down to make sure there was an outlet. There was a laminated sign covering my outlet that read DO NOT PLUG IN. If you plug in you will be asked to leave. I thought to myself for a second, then proceeded scan every outlet in the room: all covered up. I was offended.
Realizing in an instant that this would NOT be my coffee shop for the summer, I walked to the counter, ordered a coffee and asked What's up with the outlets? In the most friendly and curious voice I could find. The barista gave me an unfriendly and lengthy explanation. People will stay too long, we don't want cords hanging everywhere, it is a liability issue, it uses our electricity... thinking, this must be one messed up city, maybe it is city code?!?!... I asked are all the coffee shops in Santa Rosa like that?
Yup. You might be able to plug in at Borders or something.

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