In Search of a Coffee Shop

Ridiculously good-looking

If the Velo Rouge was a man, it would be incredibly handsome, obnoxiously popular (like can't find time to hang out with you popular), have a weird taste in food (snap peas, corn, and strawberries on a salad?), and a mediocre cook.

It would be the kind of man that you meet and are instantly attracted to.  You want to like him because he is so good looking.  But after a few seriously hit-or-miss get togethers where you just have a bad time or you can't break through his cloud of buddies, you decide that you are better off friends.  And very casual friends you stay.  An occasional coffee, sometimes you'll grab brunch, but generally you keep your distance.  It didn't work out, that's okay.

Obnoxiously popular

Eventually you move away and start looking around for a new coffee shop, one that actually fits.  As you scour the internet, check out new places, grab coffee, you find you just aren't satisfied with any of these new places.  And each day, you find yourself back again at the Velo Rouge with a new excuse: "It has free, unlimited internet",  "I just want a bagel and some coffee", "I just feel cozy and comfortable there."  Each day you vow to find "the right one" tomorrow.

Somewhere along the line, you have fallen for this attractive, obnoxiously popular coffee shop that you swore you hated just a couple months ago.  

In short, I think I'm in 'When Harry Met Sally' love with this coffee shop.  And not sure how I feel about it.