Working in downtown
I had forgotten just how much I love working in downtown Seattle. For the past year or so, I’ve been working primarily with clients outside of the downtown business district. This has meant driving to work to ugly and unfriendly places North and East. Today, I complete my first (almost) full week of working with a new client right in the thick of things here, and I love it.
Today, as with yesterday, I walked the two blocks down to 5th & Pike to get my morning coffee at Monorail Espresso, which has got to be among the city’s best coffee peddlers. Seattle coffee drinkers, I beg you, WALK the extra few blocks for good coffee! I pass by two Starbucks and a Tullys en route to this place without batting an eye. Hell, I even have an unused Starbucks gift-card in my wallet from work.
Some downtown favorites:
- Monorail Espresso, 5th & Pike
- Online Coffee, 1st & University
- Cherry St Coffee, Multiple downtown locations
Also.. damn, the Macrina Harvest loaf is tasty!