one of the least conservative-looking ones.

The middle-aged couple I asked to sit with was very receptive to me joining them, but they were already engrossed in the conversation that I had interrupted, so I felt uncomfortable sitting with them while trying my best not to eavesdrop. Sitting only two feet away, I did overhear enough bits of the conversation to realize that this man and woman was not a husband and wife couple as I initially assumed. They were talking about students at the School of Mines, so I believe that they were both professors there. I then realized that

Higher Grounds is probably the nearest coffee shop to their campus and was within a very easy walking distance. I looked more closely at some of the other patrons and realized that maybe half of them were students. What I wasn’t sure of was why so many students and supposed faculty members were here on a Sunday morning. I can only imagine that morning and lunchtimes during the school week are even busier than this, except the inside of the café could not be any more packed full!

Within a few minutes, the high-top table next