midwest college & coffee tour (part 1)

clockwise, from top left: downtown Pittsburgh; Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis; Miller Park, Milwaukee; central branch of the Chicago River, Chicago

My wife and I took our son on a college tour during his spring break last week. In a sign of increased personal maturity and growth, before we left I acknowledged to them that my coffee obsessions may have at times imposed upon them when we travel (cough cough). So I made an offer, which was accepted: in each city I would pick only one coffee shop to visit and make a thorough inspection as fodder for a blog post, and I would make sure it was not out of the way.

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