Being known for cute coffee shops I thought I would spend part of the day sipping a latte and reading. I had vowed to find the cutest coffee café this area of Seattle has to offer. Our apartment is located at the bottom of an enormous hill called Queen Anne. Very little is located at the bottom of the hill but I have found the further up the hill directly correlates with the cuteness of the shops. I huffed it part way up the hill, out of breath and legs burning when an oasis appeared before me and I could travel no further. At the Starbucks counter I was ordering my usual grande vanilla latte.  Defeat.

I tried again the next morning. Making it further up the hill I settled on Café Ladro; a place I’m certain is not a chain and will offer some latte foam art to boot.  It was all I had hoped for; cute yet slightly weird (it’s the west coast), a little foam art on top of the latte and a steady stream of regular customers. As I munched on a bagel and enjoyed a coffee that is fair-trade, organic, and shade-grown I tried to figure out which waste bin to use: the food product, compost, paper or recycling bin. The paper bag for the bagel had a wax lining so I thought that would take it out of the paper category and it did have cream cheese on it which might make it go in the food bin as food soiled products go there. I gave up on not offending the Seattlites and shoved everything in the trash.  I chalked up one success for the day, finding a coffee spot.