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I'm far from a diehard patriot but one thing I truly love about 'this american life' is the café sitting culture. On the daily I downright camp out at the many
by xanadohnt 13y ago
I'm far from a diehard patriot but one thing I truly love about 'this american life' is the café sitting culture. On the daily I downright camp out at the many and diverse local cafés in Richmond, VA. As far as I can tell from my travel experience in a number of European countries, the long staying café visits I, and many of my peers enjoy, is somewhat unique to American culture. In some senses I think the 'Starbucks Experience' the OP is after is really the license to safely linger for extended lengths beyond what you'd feel comfortable doing in any other local, non-chain joint.
And for what it's worth, you won't catch me in a Starbucks.
- subsystem 13y agoI have no idea where you got that idea from? I was under the impression that it's more or less the other way around. Of course it's somewhat different between countries and during summer there's few people around in general. Also Arab countries have a strong coffehouse culture. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/business/starbucks-tailors-its-experience-to-fit-to-european-tastes.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/31/business/starbucks-tailors... http://www.examiner.com/article/european-coffee-culture http://www.examiner.com/article/european-coffee-culture http://www.aswetravel.com/cafe-culture-in-europe/ http://www.aswetravel.com/cafe-culture-in-europe/