Sunday, May 31, 2026

The Parlour Tabletop and Tome


Subject: The Parlour
Location: Quakerstown, PA
Rating: 5+ [see key]

The old adage that it's important to live like a tourist in your own town is something I try to hearken unto in my travels. Having passed through Quakerstown many a time for work, it was refreshing to just visit so to check out a board game cafe reputed to serve good coffee.

Cannon Coffee


Subject: Cannon Coffee
Location visited: Downtown, Hagerstown, MD
Rating: 5+ [see key]

Driving through western Maryland one early afternoon, I (shockingly) had a strong hankering for some good coffee. Knowing that most shops shut down around 2 or 3 PM these days (how I miss the days of the evening coffeehouse culture), I managed to find a promising prospect in Hagerstown at a place called Cannon.