What's coffee culture like in Seattle, Washington?

If you’re moving to Seattle, you need to know how to adapt. Seattle is a beautiful city surrounded by beautiful Puget Sound where the whale watchers hang. Everybody is “important” and busy. But there are the occasional bon vie bons sitting in one of the cafes with a laptop. The city is divided by diverse neighborhoods, each with its own character. The hilly neighborhoods–all claiming to be the best. Fremont is the artsy-fartsy neighborhood that has a sign that says “Center of the Universe.” Queen Anne is affluent. It sits on a hill overlooking the city, always a little better than hoi-polloi. Then Capitol Hill, the center of the gay world and proud. The tech people who work in places like Microsoft and Amazon, are either making their own craft beer or traveling with two kayaks on the roof of a Subaru. The city is surrounded by the Cascade Mtns., various volcanoes about due to blow any time now. This is the ring of fire. Paradoxically, the city is referred to as ‘the Seattle Freeze’ because the people are known to be cool and aloof. The best way to get to know people, and the city, is to stop into any of a zillion cafes and order an espresso or overpriced cup of coffee. If you want to go incognito, bring your laptop and pretend to be busy.

Seattle has amazing summer weather that attracts visitors from all over the world. It has amazing coffee and of course, beautiful greenery and scenery. People often move to Seattle during the Fall after their summer visits, but then reality hits. Seattle is one of the rainiest cities in the United States; on average, it rains about 19 days a month. However, even after living in Los Angeles for three years and D.C. for another three years, I still chose to come home to Seattle for its charm and warm hospitality.

Seattle is be known for its rainy days. Between October and November, it can rain up to 30 days straight. There are a lot of great coffee shops that are locally owned. If you are a sports fan, you can catch a Seattle Seahawks football game. The Space Needle is also a great tourist spot.

Someone moving to Seattle should know it does rain a lot; perhaps not as much as people say, but certainly a great deal. They should also know that it is a beautiful city, filled with parks, beaches and forests. And finally it is superb coffee!