Sugarlump Cafe - 24th bet. Florida and Bryant

Usually when I do a review of a café, I enter by myself and leave by myself, drinking my coffee and writing in absolute solitude at my table... I enjoy the morning ritual and quietude of being at a cafe after it has just opened its doors, the music reverberating off of the high ceilings and art hanging from the walls; the sunlight diffused through the morning clouds follows my slow rise of consciousness as the caffeine hits my frontal lobes.

Recently a friend read my blog and offered to join me sometime for coffee in the Mission. She arrived at the idea of Sugarlump Cafe, a place I had never heard of before. I met her after work at a table near the back. I ordered a cappuccino and sat down to discuss drama exercises, writing activities, archetypes and story telling and her newest interest, personal coaching. We talked for quite sometime. I showed her my archetype list in my journal that I was working on, and she broke out her current art journal. We talked about work a bit, she being one of the resident artists for our districts art grant.

We had a lot to talk about. I had to feed my parking meter again, and she took a phone call and a couple of texts as we talked on. It was a good time. After about 90 minutes she had to go for an appointment.

Then I sipped the last third of my cap. It was great. Even after 90 minutes, the coffee flavor was an aromatic dark roast, with a rich chocolate middle. But I have to say, the conversation was so good, that I realized that I wasn't paying attention to the cafe, or even my coffee. There was plenty of space in this warm, slightly dim long store front. The stereo belted out 1950s R&B, but my friend tells me that the music varies every time she has been here. A few people had laptops, but others read. I would recommend he space and its exceptional coffee.

I wonder if I can come here again by myself and write a better review. Perhaps this is the best review that can be written, since I actually met a friend at a cafe. The coffee was great. The space was relaxed and woodsy. I would come her again.