Cariboo Coffee near the White House
General Jun 4, 2009 The Waffle No Comments I am not a big fan of coffee. In fact, I never drink it. I’ll have an Iced Capuccino or something similar from time to time, but that is it. I cannot understand people’s obsession with the drink, and how so many businesses have flourished over the years by selling that steaming concoction, which is one of the less politically correct produce in the world. Politicians and reporters are hooked on the stuff. So, quite often, appointments, interviews and meetings of all sorts are held in coffee shops, and it is as true in Ottawa as it is in Washington, where we were set to meet with the White House Communications Director at the Caribou Coffee at the corner of Pennsylvania and 17th avenue, right across from the White House. As apparently usually is the case, the place was buzzing with tourists,…