He's large iced mocha (plus bear claw). She's small caramel macchiato. They ask for water for their dog before ordering for themselves. They sit in the window, him in the shade, her in the sun. It's barely 8 am and they look like they've been out walking for hours already. Maybe they took the dog on a long walk, because he is passed out next to the water dish, just outside the window.
I overhear that he's just returned from three days of camping on the Deschutes river with the guys. They're having a laugh about how the dog would have acted had he gone along on the river. Clearly these two people are intimate, but whether they're partners, siblings or friends remains to be seen. It's beautiful to see the world moving by at full speed on the other side of the window while these two take a moment to catch up and be together. It's the kind of moment that keeps relationships going over long times and distances. These two people are in the middle of a bustling urban area, but have created a space around them in which it is just them, doing that beautiful nothing that we humans love so much. These moments in these spaces are a big reason we go out to shops for food and drink.
The big coffee shops have long lines and a low electrical outlet to customer ratio. Medium coffee shops have funky branding and colorful regulars. Morning Fix has a window seat that slows down time.
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