This is from when I was writing the first draft of NSMC:
My writerly Facebook friends are very clever. Here are some of the best. (I starred the ones that were mine.)
Daily Grind (person saying this did not realize it’s an actual coffeeshop in DC)
Bean There, Bun That (I imagine this as a place that specializes in cream buns or bao)
Fake Brews* (has free newspapers laying around and also has a variety of coffee substitutes for people like me who can’t drink coffee! seriously we want more than just tea or hot chocolate..)
Bean and Nothingness* (the sort of place that gives you a dirty look for asking for espresso on ice. I’m really proud of various accomplishments of mine—getting a PhD, getting a major book deal—but high up there on the list is that there is a coffeeshop in my novel with this name.)
Capitol, Old Bean! (employees are wearing seersucker)
The Coffeum (a play on the Newseum, one of my favorite museums- very sterile, lots of stainless steel)
The Coffeehouse of Representatives (contains cartoon drawings of Members of Congress who have visited)
Vegislative Branch (they serve vegan sandwiches too)
All the Brews That’s Fit to Pour (one of those weird places that never seems to have any business and you wonder if it’s actually some sort of money laundering enterprise)
1600 Beansylvania Avenue (sells mugs to a lot of tourists bc they are located close to a metro)
Supreme Cup* (has themed drinks named after Supreme Court Justices.)
Democracy Dies in Dark Roast* (this is post 2016, after the Washington Post added a black banner to their website that said “Democracy Dies in Darkness)
Caffeination Without Representation (donates some percent of proceeds to the movement to have DC declared a state)
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post, where I will have some details about a very specific location for a couple pivotal scenes in the book..