The first permanent signage has been installed on the facade of the future Coffee Republic coffee shop next to Lidl at the Bethesda Place apartments. It's a small, round sign that is drowned out visually by its surroundings. Hopefully there's additional signage on the way, given Montgomery County's draconian sign regulations that victimize and hurt so many businesses across the County, when they cannot be seen by drivers passing them on the roadways. Heckuva job, Brownie! Meanwhile, our bumbling County Council will likely be triggered to learn that we do not have a coffee democracy, but a Coffee Republic.
It's hilarious that yer' gonna have to explain "brownie" to some newbie here on the blog before the thread runs it's course... LMFAO
ReplyDeleteWhat? A brownie is a cookie for sale a Levain right?
DeleteMaybe first explain that this country (check the Pledge of Allegiance) is, in addition to being a democracy, a republic. Nothing partisan about that duality.
ReplyDelete2:29: The U.S. is technically not a democracy, but a constitutional federal Republic.
Delete@Robert Dyer No, the US is a democracy. It is a representative democracy.
DeleteOh goodie! A coffee place. Just when we needed. .
ReplyDeleteLovely grammar.
DeleteThe U.S. is a democracy according to at least (one part of) the first of the Merriam-Webster (m-w.com) definitions of the word: "a form of government in which the people elect representatives. . . ."
ReplyDeleteAlso see the first sentence under "Frequently Asked Questions" about that word (lower down on the definition page).
(In case anyone's interested, m-w.com's got two different definitions for "moribund.")
The US is a federal constitutional republic that operates through representative democracy.
ReplyDeleteSoon to become an authoritarian, dictatorship if we don't sanitize the residence of the far-right occupant.
DeleteTrump is 914's POTUS for the next 3 years and lives in their mind rent free!
DeleteCaribou, Peet's, now this. My hanging out at coffee places are over. That sentiment died during Covid.
ReplyDeleteCaribou was the best! Great service and coffees. I loved those oversized club chairs and the espresso bean that topped my lattes (nice touch) :-)
DeleteAnother coffee shop for caffeinated mamas.
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