my third place...

Bethany Warren (owner of Beaver Falls Coffee and Tea Company) has the most recent article in Comment about coffee shops and third places. The office I work in is right across the street, so I find myself in BiFCAT a lot, it truly is a place for being a neighbor, and provides the space for good conversations. Also, Gideon Strauss has linked to a an article he wrote about coffeehouses as places for dialogue, debate, and the development of public intellectuals.