I’ve been making a practice of Saturday morning writing. It’s a time when the family doesn’t need me – it’s the beginning of the weekend, so there will be time for the chores and events, and they’d rather be asleep, anyhow.
The problem continues to be the lack of a regular writing haunt. There is nowhere that I’m likely to run into friends – and other writers – without planning and coordinating. Nowhere that I’ve gotten to know the owner and baristas to the extent that they are invited to my home.
Why not write at home? I can, have, and will. But for uninterrupted time writing, get me away from my family and my procrastinabilities. The libraries have random hours – and the three closest to me aren’t open at my writing-available times.
I’m a Seattle writer. We inhabit coffee shops.
Ideally:
- Noisy, but not loud
- Low frequency of untended children (rampaging toddlers, etc.)
- Tables of various sizes: seating 2-8
- Tip jar
- Savory food
- Sweet food
- Consistently good coffee
- Big enough to find a corner away from in/out and counter-line traffic
- Early morning (6 or 7am) and late night (to 9 or 10pm) hours
I’d love for my favorite Wayward Coffeehouse to reopen. But in the meantime – where should I go?
Torreybird 
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