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photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_SxeO6JU-xg/48367472_10156844125242264_1746810937844695040_o_10156844125237264.jpg The Little Connecticut Village Cafe In full Christmas window decor. Snow. Brownstone in the background. (The Brownstone quarry is forever closed). Very ‘quaint’.

Now would I rather be in any of these other locations? Well yes. I can ‘testify’ to the awesomeness of each. I would much rather be ‘Home’ in Ukraine than here in the decaying sticks of american collapse. But we can find charm anywhere if we look for it.

FAVORITE COFFEE SHOPS

Kiev’s London Coffee? (Kiev Ukraine)

SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294474-d7139945-Reviews-Coffee_House_LONDON-Kiev.html

Or

L’viv’s Veronika Cafe? (L’viv Ukraine)

SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295377-d953333-Reviews-Veronika_Confectionery_Restaurant-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html

Both of which are Nth-degree better?

Or

Victor’s Celtic Coffee (Redmond WA, USA)

SEE: https://www.facebook.com/Victors-Celtic-Coffee-Co-528378507228007/

Or

John Watt and Sons (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK)

SEE: https://www.facebook.com/johnwattandson

(especially for scones with jam and cream)

Or

La Coquetterie (Angers, France)

SEE https://www.facebook.com/lacoquetterieangers

I actually can’t find anything good in London because every single place is busy and dirty and loud. And I haven’t spent any time in NYC lately, and the places I know in SOHO are all gone (as is the soho I remember).

And I can’t remember the one in St Petersburg. And Moscow shops – while the most desirable – are simply too expensive to recommend in general.Rickyman BeisteinWhy do you like coffee shops? To get work done, to socialize occasionally or just a bean water addict?Dec 13, 2018, 4:07 PMCurt DoolittleYes, White noise environment is best for me to work in. You can people-watch, or get to know people so you can take frequent breaks. And of course, food, water, coffee. And they dont mind you hanging around all day. … lolDec 13, 2018, 5:26 PMRickyman BeisteinI just like the subconscious narcissism that someone might be looking at what I’m doing so it keeps me from dicking around as much.Dec 13, 2018, 5:28 PMAndrey SokoloffIf you have a fair salary, Kiev is one of the best cities to live in… especially if you are dude. Beer, food, women… etc. Moscow, is just too big, too much traffic.Dec 13, 2018, 6:21 PMCurt DoolittleagreedDec 13, 2018, 6:35 PMArno KælandOn the subject of coffee shops, you really ought to get to Vienna.Dec 14, 2018, 3:18 AMArno KælandMoscow’s architecture is also dehumanizing – too large, too brutal, too gray.

The optimal size of urban buildings is four to five stories. Stalin ruined Moscow. St Petersburg is far superior.Dec 14, 2018, 3:19 AMCurt DoolittleHave been. Recall one in particular because of the cakes. But can’t recall the name. Did tour of the galleries. Architecture. Chamber music in a church.

Would love to try to write there sometime and see what happens.Dec 14, 2018, 4:08 AMArno KælandCurt Doolittle There tend to be nice coffee shops in most of the old Habsburg capitals. A consequence of the defeat of the Turks.Dec 14, 2018, 4:15 AMThe Little Connecticut Village Cafe In full Christmas window decor. Snow. Brownstone in the background. (The Brownstone quarry is forever closed). Very ‘quaint’.

Now would I rather be in any of these other locations? Well yes. I can ‘testify’ to the awesomeness of each. I would much rather be ‘Home’ in Ukraine than here in the decaying sticks of american collapse. But we can find charm anywhere if we look for it.

FAVORITE COFFEE SHOPS

Kiev’s London Coffee? (Kiev Ukraine)

SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294474-d7139945-Reviews-Coffee_House_LONDON-Kiev.html

Or

L’viv’s Veronika Cafe? (L’viv Ukraine)

SEE: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295377-d953333-Reviews-Veronika_Confectionery_Restaurant-Lviv_Lviv_Oblast.html

Both of which are Nth-degree better?

Or

Victor’s Celtic Coffee (Redmond WA, USA)

SEE: https://www.facebook.com/Victors-Celtic-Coffee-Co-528378507228007/

Or

John Watt and Sons (Carlisle, Cumbria, UK)

SEE: https://www.facebook.com/johnwattandson

(especially for scones with jam and cream)

Or

La Coquetterie (Angers, France)

SEE https://www.facebook.com/lacoquetterieangers

I actually can’t find anything good in London because every single place is busy and dirty and loud. And I haven’t spent any time in NYC lately, and the places I know in SOHO are all gone (as is the soho I remember).

And I can’t remember the one in St Petersburg. And Moscow shops – while the most desirable – are simply too expensive to recommend in general.