If you know me, you’ve probably heard me talking about my dreams of starting my own indie coffee shop or cafe.

As much as I love technology and its ability to allow us to connect with friends, I love real face to face communication that much more, when you’re all together in person.  One of my favorite things is sitting in a coffee shop with my friends talking about whatever.

On many weekend mornings, you’ll find me sitting in a cafe (probably Peregrine).  I love it because I’ll inevitably see 3 or 4 friends stop in over the course of the morning.

Well, I guess I’m not the only one with this dream.  Slashfood writes “Sometimes it seems like owning a coffee shop is on everybody’s bucket list: Travel around the world, write the great American novel, retire and open a top-notch café.”  Then they go on to interview a couple of brand new NYC cafe owners.  They give some interesting insights into how they started.