Cabin Creek Coffee in the Pierre Mall (#wwread)

I was really looking forward to this month's entry in Where in the World Are You Reading?, the monthly meme hosted by Trish, Kailana, and myself. This month's theme is "coffee shop or cafe" and I just really couldn't wait to take myself to a coffee shop alone and spend an hour in quiet reading bliss. Pierre only has two coffee shops. We don't have a Starbucks or a Caribou Coffee or even a Dunkin' Donuts.  There's Pier 347 downtown, and it's sister store Cabin Creek Coffee in the Pierre Mall.

The mall location is fairly new, it didn't open until last winter, after the big Christmas rush. It's not a very busy store, in fact I've only ever seen one other customer there. They have a display case of cheesecake and muffins and all the typical coffee selections.  There are only a handful of tables and the boys chose this one by the fireplace. I've only ever met one employee here, a nice friendly older woman (by which I mean, not a hip young 20 something like the other coffee shop). As a bonus, after 5 of the same type of drink, you get one free!

Sadly, for my reading plans, I ended up putting it off until the last minute and then taking the boys with me to the coffee shop. Not a scenario for quiet reading bliss. We headed up after school on Thursday without the Princess and I treated us all to coffee and we split a muffin. (The boys had flavored steamed milk.) Since it seemed unlikely that I was going to get any reading done, I let the Pirate demonstrate the readability of the coffee shop for me.




He was thrilled to read on the Nook and managed to get in all his reading time while the Bug ran in circles around us.

Have you posted about your local cafe or coffee shop? There are already quite a few places I'd love to go visit. Be sure to link yours up over at Love, Laughter, and Insanity.

Where in the World Are you Reading? A new monthly meme

With such a diverse and worldly bookish community, wouldn't it be fun to learn about or see pictures from all over the world? Trish, Kailana, and I have come up with a monthly meme to showcase Where in the World Are You Reading. Each month will have a different theme such as a local bookstore, your local library, your favorite reading spot at home, a cafe you frequent to read, etc. To start, Where in the World Are You Reading meme will rotate between our blogs (Kailana, Trish, and myself) each month. If it catches we might increase the frequency of the meme and include additional hosts in the rotation.

Each month there will be a different theme for Where in the World Are You Reading (link to static meme page). On the first Thursday of the month a linky will post and you can link up any (and as many) time during the month. Please feel free to piggyback your post with other memes such as Sunday Salon, Snapshot Saturday, Wordless Wednesday, etc. Just be sure to include the button and a link back to the linky post. At the end of the month we'll create a wrap-up of all of the links for you to enjoy. We're hoping that Where in the World Are You Reading will help you get to know other bloggers as well as travel vicariously all around the world.

Will you join us next Thursday as we kick off with the theme of Local Bookstore (hosted by the lovely Trish)? And follow us on Twitter using hashtag #wwread !

Upcoming themes and their host (don't worry if you can't remember where it'll be hosted. We'll all be reminding you on a regular basis!):
July – Trish – Bookstore
August – Kelly – Library
September – Lisa – Used Bookstore/Thrift Store
October – Trish – Coffee Shop, etc.
November – Kelly – Reading Companion
December – Lisa – Holiday Reading Escape
January – Trish – Unusual
February – Kelly – Comfy Spot
March – Lisa – TBD
April – Trish – TBD
May – Kelly – A Drink (Do you read and drink wine? coffee? Share!)
June – Trish – TBD
July – Lisa – TBD