Regulars sipped on small cups of thick Turkish coffee, discussing whether residents of the Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood would hold a demonstration in support of the Arab Democratic Party ADPP) in Tripoli's main square – something they had been instructed not to do by the country's caretaker Interior Minister.
Regulars sipped on small cups of thick Turkish coffee, discussing whether residents of the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood would hold a demonstration in support of the Arab Democratic Party ADPP) in Tripoli's main square something they had been warned not to do by the government.
The cafe is packed with young people drinking coffee and discussing, with touching Gallic intensity, film theory, Marxism and Jean-Luc Godard (his latest film has just been screened in the neighbouring cinema).
By 8am we had finished swimming and were sitting animatedly in a cafe in Soho, drinking coffee and discussing swimming adventures in Norway and the role of women in the workplace.
We managed to find a local boozer whose proprietor kindly set up a telly showing the match and then proceeded to watch in amazement as several boozed up Scots wearing shorts and sunburn got quickly drunk and started singing and dancing while the locals sat drinking coffee and discussing the latest fashion trends.
In the kitchen Gruff Rhys, the band's singer, is busy making coffee, and discussing the imminent arrival of his third child, due at approximately the time the band set off on a reunion tour after a hiatus of six years.
Would everyone sit around all day nursing a single cup of coffee while discussing Marianne Faithfull's vocal tracks in Broken English?
Connection #1: I was in a New York coffee shop discussing with my publicist the book I am writing about my journey through 20 years as a single-father of 5, "Man-Up".
We rent a house for a week with friends in Rhode Island, and the beach is a few blocks away, and I spend my days sleeping late, then drinking coffee and discussing the best use of the day.
He relays what's happening in their lives from their perspectives whether they are simply trying to explain the article they read on the effects of drugs on a rodent, retelling what happened earlier while making coffee, or discussing the daily wear of changing the bedding of one's terminally ill wife.
If you want to lead the glamorous life of an artist, for example, it's more fitting to hang out in coffee shops, discussing art history with like-minded people til the early hours of the morning than to go bar-hopping.
