hey pnw friends ..... i actually live in the heart of puget sound .... 6 mins away from downtown. the coffee idea sounds great !!!!! count me in! btw .... i'm a chick too i read this article in the sea. times, that sort of goes hand and hand with why maybe washingtons board is like it is ........ it said:

"Beyond the smiles, the Seattle Freeze is on...Our Social Dis-ease"
BY JULIA SOMMERFELD Seattle Times

"the dichotomy most fundamental to our collective civic character is
this: Polite but distant. Have a nice day. Somewhere else.

We're the ideal seatmate on an airplane. We slide in, exchange a smile
and a succinct pleasantry, then leave you be for the rest of the flight.
Alaska Airlines should capitalize on this with ads that promise:
"Uninterrupted service from Seattle â?? and we mean it."

Seattle is like that popular girl in high school. The one who gets your
vote for homecoming queen because she always smiles and says hello. But
she doesn't know your name and doesn't care to. She doesn't want to be
your friend. She's just being nice."

here is the link to the full article, if you're interested:

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsourc...IA+SOMMERFELD+

see ya 'round the boards. :thumbsup: