shades of interiority

I was struck by something Charles said the day before about one of the charms of Caffe Strada being that there's an "inside", a "deep inside", a "sort of outside", and "outside". Or something like that -- anyone who's been there knows you can be as protected or as exposed as you'd like to be, sitting in booths inside, ordering drinks at the counter with its wide open doors and big windows, sitting under the covered (and more heated after some new installations in December, I think) patio area, and of course sitting under the canopy of trees in the outside patio, an oasis of sorts on the busy corner of Bancroft and College Avenues.

There'll be a time to write more about shades of interiority, at this cafe and others. For now, I'll just post this series of photos from several hours sitting yesterday. First, looking in through the well-trafficked front door :

And a shot looking inward from the edge of the seating area, along College Ave:

Under the protected patio area. A cool and overcast day, and not many students here on January 2!

Charlie taking a sip, sitting inside and outside.

Peering a bit closer at the window...

 

And a bit closer still:

 

And arguably the most important space of the cafe, the space opened up by a full cappuccino.

Thanks again to Gabriel and the other friendly barista and hand models at Strada on this day.