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Category Archives: coffee shops/cafes
Best brewed mobile coffee shop names
Some more fun with coffee shop names, except this time it’s ones that are mobile instead of fixed/stationary. The mobile hops are broken down into three categories – bikes or carts/trucks, cars, or vans/trailers. My personal favorite names are shown … Continue reading
Posted in business, Cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, economic gardening, Food, food systems, fun, geography, land use, placemaking, planning, shopping, third places, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged coffee, food
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Best brewed coffee shop names from around the globe
The following is a list of my favorite coffee shop names that have creative, catchy, edgy, and fun names from across the world. Part of the success in any business is a memorable name. That being said, a great name … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, economic gardening, entertainment, fair trade, Food, food systems, fun, geography, land use, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, Small business, tourism, Travel
Tagged brews, cafes, cappuccino, coffee, coffee shops, espresso, java, joe, latte
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America’s hottest hipsterhoods in 2017
The following list developed by hotspotrentals.com identifies the hottest inner city neighborhoods around the country in 2017. Having been to Midtown Detroit back in late August and seen how exciting it is, one can only imagine the vibrancy and hipness of the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, art, Biking, branding, Cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, culture, density, diversity, economic gardening, fun, gentrification, geography, Housing, land use, new urbanism, place names, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, urban planning, walking
Tagged cities, gentrification, hipsterhoods, hipsters, neighborhoods, placemaking, revitalization, urban
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Two downtown pedestrian malls that work and work very well
I have now had the pleasure of recently visiting two American cities with hugely successful pedestrian malls in their downtown core – St. Augustine, Florida and Boulder, Colorado. During the 1960s and 70s, pedestrian malls were seen as a possible … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, colleges, commerce, Cuisine, culture, density, downtown, economic development, entertainment, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, shopping, spatial design, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged bikeable, Boulder, Pearl Street, pedestrian malls, St. Augustine, St. George Street, walkable
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“Cool” vibes Up North in Boyne City, Michigan
Several weekends ago we ventured to Boyne City, Michigan to take in the vibrant fall colors of Northwest Lower Michigan. Beyond the standard driving tour, we stopped at a park/preserve that was once a busy ski hill in the winter … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, beer, branding, brewpubs, cities, coffee shops/cafes, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, third places, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged Boyne City
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TC is “Totally Cool”
There are certain cities that immediately exude a cool or hip vibe the very moment you arrive. I call this the “it factor,” as in you just know it and feel it as soon as you get there. It may be … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, beer, bicycling, branding, business, cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, family, film, Food, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, music, nature, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, sailing, seasons, skylines, spatial design, sports, sustainability, theaters, third places, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, water trails, writing
Tagged A2, arts, biking, cities, culture, festivals, film, fun, geography, hiking, history, land use, Michigan, planning, recreation, sailing, skiing, TART, TC, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, travel, Traverse City, vibe
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Suburban food truck rodeo round-ups
While visiting San Antonio this past spring, several food trucks were lined up around portions of the main government square in the city’s central business district waiting for hungry diners to come bounding out of their office chutes at noon. … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, Biking, branding, business, cities, civics, civility, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Cuisine, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, Food, food systems, fun, infrastructure, land use, logistics, marketing, placemaking, planning, politics, Small business, third places, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged business, cities, cuisine, dining, entrepreneurship, food, food trucks, land use, planning, restaurants, rodeos, small business
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Tripping along the Hippie Trail
Yes folks, there is such a thing as the Hippie Trail. It is/was the overland route between Europe and South Asia in the 1960s and 1970s that lead those seeking spiritual and recreational enlightenment to places like Nepal and India. Travel … Continue reading
Posted in art, Asia, book reviews, books, Bus transportation, cities, coffee shops/cafes, Communications, culture, diversity, entertainment, Europe, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, India, land use, literature, Maps, peace, politics, recreation, Religion, tourism, transportation, Travel, walking, writing
Tagged Ananda Brady, Asia, book reviews, books, counterculture, cultures, enlightenment, Hippie Trail, literature, tourism, travel, writing
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Grocery shopping au naturel
National organic and natural grocery chains such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, and The Fresh Market have become increasingly familiar in cities across the country. However, there are a number of successful local and regional chains that also offer … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, bicycling, branding, cities, coffee shops/cafes, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, environment, fair trade, fitness, Food, food systems, geography, health, history, land use, marketing, natural and organic foods, nature, placemaking, planning, product design, social equity, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, third places, urban planning
Tagged cities, coops, farm to store, farmers market, fitness, food deserts, foods, grocers, grocery stores, health, land use, markets, natural foods, organic markets, retailing, supermarkets
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