Last week, I went to Korean Coffee Shop Land in (guess?) Korea Town with Comp Lit Salsero (another smart one), and liked it SO much better than the my regular Coffee Shop Land. The Korean place made me feel like I was in another country (perhaps, Korea?). They played Korean Christian Rock, all the coffee drinks are at least $10, and everyone, but us, was a) Korean and b) smoking, and, yet, I still felt much more at home.

The best part was the bathroom which featured a bidet toilet seat with "rear and feminine wash." A person (like me) could control the pressure via buttons on the wall. Talk about class! I always thought that if Americans weren't so squeamish, there'd be a lot more ass products on the market (I'm becoming crass in my old age...).

I have to say, the Korean remix of "Kung Fu Fighting" was maybe the only low point in an otherwise great coffee shop experience.

I can't go back to the Original Coffee Shop Land. At least not alone. So long as I avoid eye contact, I'm sort of safe. I think I'd feel safer in a mafia-run pizza joint filled with bullet holes than a place that serves organic coffee.

Just for today, I can explore the world of Coffee Shop Lands.