bath’s groovy grind: a digital nomad’s love letter to damp, noisy, magic
just checked and it’s 9.97 degrees out here, right now, hope you like that kinda vibe
i spilled this £3 espresso on my keyboard this morning and some local teen nearby told me it’s normal-“why waste clean water on a hedonic machine?”-so yeah, hydrate, folks. the air smells like diesel, old bread, and the kind of optimism that only a city this dog-tired-looking could muster up.
this place is a banger-less, soup-less dumpster fire of beauty. heard someone say “there’s a co-working space in the library basement, mate” and i’m like ‘yes, yes there is’. *co-working spaces here feel like they’re stuck in a time loop: macbooks from 2012, one plug per table, and a guy in a tracksuit doing parkour across the desks to chase the Wi-Fi password.
ate a pasta salad at the pub in the city center and the owner asked me if i’d rather have a Michelin star or a sauna in my tiny rented flat. no ground rules, just existential chaos.
ramble about the weather: the sky’s been a moody preggo for 48 hours-9% humidity, 88% headache potential, -1°c showers in the park. someone warned me about the hail last week; they spat rainwater into the wind like meditating.
neighbors? they’re the type to side-eye you for breathing too loud. overheard a shank yelling at a pigeon about “how to properly disrespect bath stones” at 3am. chill.
photo’s attached* for proof i’m not hallucinating. the blurry ghosts in the background? that’s just my serotonin, not actual apparitions.
(local wisdom): “avoid the bridge in winter unless you wanna dance with a seagull made of existential dread,” said a bloke who looked like he’d lost a bet. listened anyway.
http://tripadvisor.co.uk/bath-rainy-day-things-to-doゔ−why yes i’m the person who follows “things to do” lists on strangers’ motel receipts - search for that weird mermaid statue by the canal.
knew yorkers will understand the vibe of the ‘expired latte bookshop’ down by the yoga studios-they sell us nothing but dry espresso grinds and hope.
yelp.com/example"🔦 “avoid after 11pm”-this is yelp’s first… okay bad yelp. actual review says “food is better than my therapist,” but the guy who wrote it got arrested for ordering two grapes as an entree.
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