Visiting Floyd’s/NW after three years – and many coffee shops in between – made the four of us (plus Sidney,) really appreciate how special it is in terms of seating options and visuals.     Seating-wise one can sit on soft couches on a raised platform, or hard chairs at one long table or smaller ones, or on benches in booths, or fold-up chairs at their outdoor patio.  Meanwhile, patrons can easily look at the outdoor patio, a couple of brick walls, art on the walls, tile or wooden floors, the raised platform and adjoining telephone booth area, or the shining counter.  The bottom line, we appeciated it so much that we moved Floyd’s NW shop into our top sixteen of favorite coffee shop hang outs.

Discussion-wise, our topics this morning included: some progressives we know with whom we are aligned on 95% of the social/political/economic issues, but who become fanatical and difficult to have civil conversations with on topics like flouridated water, and affordable housing in their neighborhoods; the strategies that co-housing developments are working on to build community; and the groups one can legally discriminate against because they are not part of a protected class – in terms of selling your house, for example – like political affiliation.

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