big bear and windows cafes

i stopped into both today. first time at big bear, and i didn't have a chance to really introduce myself to the owners, since i had a classmate along, and we had a lot of arabic to get through! it was nice there, though. very spartan inside, almost empty. we had the last pastries they had left, and the last of the tea as well. once traffic settles into a pattern there, i'm sure they'll be able to figure out how much of each item they need each day. i'm happy to be able to say that bloomingdale is starting to have an axis of hang-out joints. now, if we can just get one in between the two of them. maybe at seaton and first...