i was a bookseller and barista at belmont books/black bear café in belmont, MA for three years! my favorite coffeeshops in the boston area are cicada coffee bar, haute coffee, and broadsheet (not to be confused with blank street). for bookstores, i love brookline booksmith, all she wrote, and belmont books (duh!).

i now live in columbus, OH and my favorite coffeeshops here are fox in the snow, stauf's, coastline coffee, and one line coffee! gramercy books and german village book loft are some of my favorite bookstores.