Snowflake Challenge Day 1

[opensummer]

I'm doing the snowflake_challenge from Jan 1-15.

Day 1

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Hipster cafes are an important part of my routine. I find them calming, the smell of coffee, people coming and going. The best of them mix indoor and outdoor space, and have lots of greenery. I like bringing headphones and writing in them, postcards, fic, essays, whatever. I don’t actually drink coffee, doesn’t mix well with my anti-depressant, but the smell of it brewing has become automatically calming. I drink chai lattes instead and they vary a lot in quality so it’s a bit of an adventure every time. I find they are the easiest place to find the right headspace for writing.

It also gives me a chance to get out of my own head a bit and that’s been really good for me lately.

Comments

[seleneheart]

I read somewhere the coffee shops are the perfect decibel level to spur our human brains into creativity.

[opensummer]

I'd believe it. There's something about them that makes easy to work in

[spikedluv]

I did not know that. Very cool.

[teigh_corvus]

Hipster cafes are excellent. It's exciting that they are so readily avilable these days.

What is it about chai lattes that spurs so much... creativity? I've had some that somehow manage to suck all the moisture out of my mouth, because of the spice blend. But when they are done well, they are like an internal hug. So warm and comforting.

[opensummer]

I think most baristas are coffee drinkers which means they tend to not really know how to make chai correctly. They require consistency more than anything and they rarely get it. Which is a shame.

[sperrywink]

You're living your own Coffeeshop AU! That's wonderful!

[opensummer]

thank you! it's pretty great

[spikedluv]

Same same! I write out every day (that I write). There used to be a coffee shop I went to in town, but then McDonalds actually started to feel better (the cafe went downhill, not that McDonalds is super awesome, but I do like it there). When I'm out of town I go to Panera.

I love the smell of coffee (brewing, candles, etc), but not the taste (unless it's ice cream with hot fudge *g*). I'm a tea (iced or hot) drinker, also. But nothing sweet.

I find the hum of sound rather soothing and I sit next to a window so it's very bright and I can see the trees and flowers outside (when I'm not staring at snow).

I love the whole feel of it. (Maybe that's why I love coffee shop aus so much, lol!)

[opensummer]

I actually can't stand coffee that doesn't taste like not!coffee (chocolate, almonds, so forth) The smell is amazing and I keep beans in my apartment just for that.

I love the hum and movement of coffee shops, it soothes something in my brain, makes it easier to focus.