Snowflake Challenge Day 1

[potofsoup]

Day 1

In your own space, talk about your Happy Place—the things that give you joy, calms you or keeps you sane.

All right, let's do this. My happy place is a boba shop where they are playing crappy c-pop. Every Saturday and Sunday, when we get babysitting and finally (!!!) have a few hours to ourselves, that's where we go. We pack our laptops or drawing tablets or whatever, walk the 5 blocks to a boba shop, and instantly I feel more relaxed. It functions in much the same way that being on a train would: there's enough people and stuff around that I can be by myself without being alone. I get my best grading and planning done in a boba shop. Plus the walk is a time when I get to have nice conversations with Hoosband. We talk best when we're walking.

Why a boba shop? I can't drink coffee, and I love the salty snack options in a boba shop. There's a certain degree of sketchiness that I love, too. In fact, I picked our house in part because it's within walking distance to a boba shop. We drink boba so much that I got us reuseable cups and these great glass boba straws, so now our recycling isn't clogged up with boba cups! :D!!

Comments

[minoanmiss]

*beams at you*

[potofsoup]

<3

[snake_socks]

That's so cute ^^ what's your favorite flavor?

[potofsoup]

I'm a boring person, I default to oolong milk tea with boba, no ice, no sugar (because the boba comes with enough sugar). With Teaspoon, I get the osmanthus oolong, but Teaspoon is soooo expensive

[przed]

That sounds completely awesome!

There’s a boba shop in our neighbourhood, but I think it’s more likely a front than an actual functioning place you can get boba because it’s almost always closed and has the saddest, faded, curling posters in the window.

[potofsoup]

awww, sadness! not enough customers, I'm guessing? I'm not kidding about picking my house to be near boba -- it means that I'm in a place with lots of young Asian-adjacent people. :)

[przed]

Even when the shop first opened it only seemed to be open a couple of hours a week. So...

In spite of the fact that Toronto and area has four major Chinatowns, and a Koreatown, we live near none of them, which makes me sad. (A side effect of buying where we could afford and was a comfortable commute for us both.) But there is a big Chinese grocery not too far from us, and plenty of Asian-adjacent people in the neighbourhood, so that's good. And we recently found awesome Thai ice cream near one of the rinks where my daughter plays hockey, and that is a fab thing.

[dragongirlg]

I've never written in a Boba shop because of distance reasons but they are 100% my favorite place to go with friends. It's also my favorite drink to have when I am writing. My favorite is honey rooibos with tapioca... No caffeine, not that much sugar, but a great lush flavor. It's also good for your throat, apparently.

[potofsoup]

ooo, honey rooibos sounds great! <3 <3 <3

[lou2]

♥