One of the hippest shops in town, Cup and Bar doesn’t have the variety of comfortable seats that we usually appreciate, nor local rotating artwork.  But by  sharing their space with a chocolatier and coffee roaster, having inside wall spots for bikes, and having the juxtaposition of spare furniture with warm lighting,  it’s become a destination worth visiting to see and hear the nice buzz amongst patrons.   

Discussion topics today included DS’s film recommendations for the documentary on Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Band and the Netflix film the Laundromat based on the Panama Papers; DM told about his trip for his son’s Miami wedding and the disorienting feeling of staying on the 20^th story of a very comfortable condo; G told of his bike being stolen and his decision to buy a new 3 gear replacement; and B. – who originally came to PDX 38 years ago to study the health effects related to the Mt. St Helens volcano – told us he  has a post-retirement gig to consult in England for 3 months on a follow-up to an earlier work he had been involved with.

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