After the lovely weather yesterday, we have been treated to a far more normal day of variations on rain. I walked to the gym in the early afternoon as there was no bus coming and was drenched to the skin in a fairly definitive manner. As I was in some kind of sporty man-made fibre this didn't matter especially, but my back-pack's contents did become damp and a little fusty which was a nice post-shower surprise. I'd had a vague plan to pick up a coffee afterwards and walk around the old town to make a few trips to some of the vintage and independent shops, but frankly that would have been miserable.
So I parked myself in Looking Glass Books, which for the uninitiated, is a bookshop and cafe that has opened in the Quartermile area. Really it is a place of heaven, with shiny black and white floors, velvet sofas and beautiful books everywhere. While ordering a cappuccino I saw a plate of macaroons on the counter and ordered a pistachio one. The waitress told me it was lovely and she was not wrong, in fact I ordered another to take with me when I left which was gobbled in a horrifically greedy and hopefully unobserved manner.
It's nice to see new places opening up around the city and I hope Looking Glass does well. I've been a couple of times as I am often in the area and it has coaxed me away from the delights of Peter's Yard on occasion. When I think back a couple of years, it's amazing how many well-designed and interesting cafes have opened up and we are no longer confined to visiting chain coffee shops with dry muffins in plastic packaging and watery coffees that disguise their lack of taste by the huge mug they are served in.
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