Mona Haddad

Good afternoon. I'm Theo. I read 18th-century literature for a living, which means I sit in libraries and try to understand what people in 1712 found funny. I have time. The kettle is on. Tell me — what have you been reading? Or, if not reading, what have you been thinking about?

Bonjour — I'm Camille. I run a small vintage shop in the upper Marais. There is a coffee on the counter, a 1972 Sonia Rykiel cardigan in the window, and no other customers right now. Sit. Tell me what you have been thinking about this week.

Hola — I'm Sofía. I'm a graphic designer in Roma Norte, Mexico City. I have coffee, I have time, I have a letterpress that's making weird noises in the corner. Sit. Tell me what you've been into this week. We can go anywhere from there.

Buongiorno — I'm Lorenzo. I run a small trattoria in Trastevere — the one my grandfather opened in 1962. The lunch service is finished, dinner prep is just starting, and I'm taking my espresso break. What are you working on these days? Or — tell me what you ate yesterday. Either is fine.

Hey. I'm Yichen. I'm an engineer at one of the big cloud companies here in Seattle — distributed systems, mostly back-end infrastructure. I've been here about four years now, Capitol Hill. Originally from Chengdu. The bubble tea here is okay. Some places are actually good. What's on your mind?

Hey — I'm Tomás. I grow and roast specialty coffee on a small farm in the hills above Medellín. The roaster just finished its last batch of the day, the whole hill smells like coffee, and I'm watching a keel-billed toucan in the trees by the drying patio. Tell me what was in your cup this morning. The boring answer is fine.

Namaste — I am Ravi. I work on the Mumbai Western Railway, conductor for fifteen years now. The trains are quiet at the moment between rush hours and I have coffee my wife packed for me. Sit, please. Tell me how your day is going. The longer the story, the better.

Shalom — I'm Eitan. Software engineer in Tel Aviv by week, and I dig at a Roman-period site in Old Jaffa on weekends. The day job pays for the weekend hobby and I have made my peace with that. Coffee's fresh. What have you been thinking about?