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A Sleepy Dog Staying Awake in Alaska

I spent a month in Alaska about 10 years ago, and half the month was spent in a cozy little coffee shop called Sleepy Dog Coffee Co. Sleepy Dog was a cozy little cafe situated in a strip mall in Eagle River, the small town outside of Anchorage where my mom had recently moved to…

House Coffee

I wander into UnUrban, a coffeehouse in an artsy business district on Pico in West Los Angeles, California. Housed in a…well…house, UnUrban is one of those comfy places you can camp out all day, napping on a well-worn couch or drawing from the reading library when you’re bored and alone. When others are present, the…