A Place of Her Own

Porcella Urban Market
I think I’ve found my place.

I may have found my place. I’ve long been jealous of Jen Zug and “her” wine bar where she writes. I’ve been plugging away at Tully’s for a while and even though the service was uber-friendly, the wi-fi was free, and I got a UW Alumni discount on the food and drinks, something was missing.

I wanted a place of my own. I wanted charm. I wanted something that didn’t feel so cookie-cutter-American-strip-mall-ish. I was on the hunt for something new. It needed to have free wi-fi (natch). Good coffee was a bonus. I debated how much time it would take me, but then finally decided to wander around downtown Bellevue today. I felt in my gut that there had to be a great coffee shop with free wi-fi. My gut was oh-so-right.

I found a café that not only has the technology, but an amazing French menu. Best of all, it serves my absolute favorite and sometimes-hard-to-find coffee: Caffé Vita! So, I’m sitting here staring at a wall of wine, sipping a smoky-sweet latte, smelling the amazing scents of a European-style kitchen to my back, plugging into the rustic pole on my left, connecting to the internet, and glimpsing the life out on the street.

I browsed the wine wall with its helpful sommelier notes and selected a highly-recommended bottle as part of my quest for that ever-elusive-
delicious-and-full-bodied-with-a-smooth-finish-yet-less-than-$20 bottle of red. I also discovered that I can buy my favorite coffee in whole bean bags (currently, I have to drive into downtown Seattle, or beg my parents to bring me some from Port Townsend). I am swooning.

The foodie, writer, wine-lover, and coffee addict in me are extremely happy.

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