Getting the local flavor

Currently I am sitting in one of the local coffee shops in Staunton, getting some time in before the craziness of school starts. This particular coffee shop, The Daily Grind, isn’t my favorite, but it still provides an escape and allows me to get my fix of Chi Tea.

The design of this shop is rather small and there is a lot of sound, but that is what is nice about coffee shops. At home one of my favorite places to hang out is Starbucks, with my Starbucks buddy, normally when we are there, we always see someone that we know. But the odd thing here, sitting in this coffee shop, and running into people that I know, which I never thought would happen. But Staunton is a small town and it is bound to happen.

The one thing that I like about this shop is the counter that you can sit at and watch all of the people walking on the street. People watching is like one of my FAVORITE past times. It is the only way that I survive airports. In Staunton it is particularly interesting because the locals are all very different. You have the occasional business guy walking down the street, lots of older couples, many teenagers, and then the younger crowd, which is where I would fall into I guess. And you can always count on seeing a “Staunton-ite”, they are a breed all their own.

And really, I so only come to this shop when the other one is closed, because the Chi Teas here are nothing to get excited about, but what can I say, it isn’t Starbucks.

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