I had a whole list of things to do this weekend, but my overall goal for today was to spend as much of the day in air conditioned spaces as possible. Over ninety degrees in September. Can we please rethink this...
So I ran many errands, none really vital, and came home with a full list of things to do with the evening, most of which disintegrated with the full force of the heat in the house. Thank goodness for a better weather outlook for the week, including a lack of rain in the forecast - bad for the plants, good for the roof (repairs to happen next week or the week after)!
Early this afternoon, I met Rachel for coffee at Infusion Coffee & Tea, just a few blocks away on Germantown Avenue. The coffee was great, and the seating options included tables, sofa and outdoor patio. The one drawback is they seem to keep early hours almost every night. This is of little use. But not always: they have events many Friday evenings that add a few extra hours. I would love a local, non-bar option with late hours, climate control and free wireless. Infusion or the Hill Tea Bar are the most likely candidates for this. Or couldn't the Trolley Car stay open daily until at least midnight? Come on, work with me here.
Or maybe I just need to invest in some sturdy, comfy furniture for the porch, and break down and buy a hi-speed connection and obviate the need for a cafe open on my schedule... Another entry on the Someday list...
Showing posts with label Cafes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cafes. Show all posts
9/14/2008
1/12/2008
A cafe a day...
Where better to begin this electronic adventure than Remedy Tea Bar, one of the rare cafes in town that's really all about tea.
Secret reason why I really love Remedy - double-walled glasses. This is where I first encountered the wonder that is Bodum's wonderful contraption - the double-walled cups that allow you to see the color of the tea and touch the glass without buring your hands. I love them. I have a bunch at home in various shapes - canteen, bistro, pavina. Never enough.
Other reasons to love and patronize Remedy: This is an actual tea cafe. They don't serve coffee. And not only do they serve highly decent tea, they serve black tea. No, this is not some chichi froufrou tea place that has bubble tea and every kind of bland white tea out there. Well, they have those too, and even those strange non-tea teas (yes, tisanes) but they don't neglect the other end of the tea scale - the fine Darjeelings and Yunnans. Yum.
And it's not pretentious. It's easy to sit here and chat, read your email or do anything else. The music isn't intrusive and the bathroom is clean. I don't see any outlet to plug in this fine laptop, but I'm hoping I just didn't look hard enough.
I'm afraid that Remedy will only have a short life, that its location on Sansom, behind the more obvious Walnut will hide its existence, and in too short a time it will go away. So meet me for tea here sometime, would you?
From my notebook:
Other free internet sites:
Reading Terminal Market
Love Park
Ant Pants Cafe - 2212 South Street
Bean Exchange Cafe - 650 Bainbridge Street
Brew Ha Ha - 212 S. 12th Street
Chapterhouse Cafe - 620 S. 9th Street
Last Drop - 1300 Pine Street
T-Bar - 117 S. 12th at Sansom
Secret reason why I really love Remedy - double-walled glasses. This is where I first encountered the wonder that is Bodum's wonderful contraption - the double-walled cups that allow you to see the color of the tea and touch the glass without buring your hands. I love them. I have a bunch at home in various shapes - canteen, bistro, pavina. Never enough.
Other reasons to love and patronize Remedy: This is an actual tea cafe. They don't serve coffee. And not only do they serve highly decent tea, they serve black tea. No, this is not some chichi froufrou tea place that has bubble tea and every kind of bland white tea out there. Well, they have those too, and even those strange non-tea teas (yes, tisanes) but they don't neglect the other end of the tea scale - the fine Darjeelings and Yunnans. Yum.
And it's not pretentious. It's easy to sit here and chat, read your email or do anything else. The music isn't intrusive and the bathroom is clean. I don't see any outlet to plug in this fine laptop, but I'm hoping I just didn't look hard enough.
I'm afraid that Remedy will only have a short life, that its location on Sansom, behind the more obvious Walnut will hide its existence, and in too short a time it will go away. So meet me for tea here sometime, would you?
From my notebook:
Other free internet sites:
Reading Terminal Market
Love Park
Ant Pants Cafe - 2212 South Street
Bean Exchange Cafe - 650 Bainbridge Street
Brew Ha Ha - 212 S. 12th Street
Chapterhouse Cafe - 620 S. 9th Street
Last Drop - 1300 Pine Street
T-Bar - 117 S. 12th at Sansom
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