tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508297173552567556.post458106608483709818..comments2022-11-06T03:24:14.807-06:00Comments on Front Porch Coffee Talk: Casual encounters: How to increase them and why they build community.E Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12304285973189454230noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508297173552567556.post-63201423914415039632010-01-05T18:16:15.899-06:002010-01-05T18:16:15.899-06:00Coming from a very small town - might be the alcoh...Coming from a very small town - might be the alcoholic Christian dairy version of Lake Wobegon- I prefer the semi-anonymous life of this highly educated city of 250,000. And yeah - all you have to do is hang around some of the same spots and smile once in a while and you get to some socializing. I used to work rather close to Willy St. and I enjoyed going to the cuban hot dog vendor partly cuz the guy played cuban music and sang and partly cuz - well- he was rather talkative. Rather more talkative than my workplace engineers. <br />Now working at home and having some of the same need to escape/connect. I see a lot of other escapees out there doing their coffeee shop meetings and projects. Conviviality even in our silence.<br />FYI-Found you through Brenda Konkel's blog. Nice to finally discover some local blogger voices!<br />Carol<br />carolsenergynotes.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com