runnerland

So I’ve found nirvana. Two things you have to know that I love: 1) hotels and 2) coffee. I like my hotels eccentric and boutique, and my coffee strong, dark, and also boutique.

So, a block from where I’m staying (I can actually piggyback on their free WiFi from my room - yay!) is the Ace Hotel. I don’t know much about the hotel, except it’s artsy and boutique (there’s a location in Seattle - I’m not to going to research beyond that), but big plus is Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a made-in-Portland mecca for coffee fans. Stumptown’s location here is inside the hotel and you can take your coffee into its big (drafty) lobby, with huge windows, pillars, and old bookshelves. Cool table, kind of old-fashioned and even a private-eye-ish, it’s got atmosphere to burn.

Here’s the table I’m sitting at. I’m (weirdly) in the same spot as the woman bottom right with the laptop.

 Here’s a closeup taken (again, weirdly) exactly from where I’m sitting. I may not be the first person (Shock!) to think of having a coffee and blogging in this exact spot.

Okay, back to writing.