Project Space Reflection

            I live in a household of nine people so when it’s too noisy and I can’t concentrate at home, I go to my local Starbucks to read a book or do my math homework. I chose two different coffee shops as my places; a corporate coffee shop (Starbucks), and a small family owned coffee shop (Steam Punk). I compared the two different environments, the design of the places and explained what purpose they serve in the community. Both environments were similar to each other, but each place had its own qualities. Each place had its preferred customer. I found that Steam Punk is very unique and different than the usual Starbucks or Coffee Bean coffee shops we usually visit.

            I lived in Palestine for a couple of years; which is a third would county were there aren’t too many corporations, most business are family owned. The coffee shops there are very similar to Steam Punk. Steam Punk sponsors a local artist and has board games and playing cards, same goes to Palestinian coffee shops. I thought it would be pretty interesting doing a little bit of research and comparing both Starbucks to Stem Punk as well as to explain what each place represents.

            The writing process was a little different than project web because I actually typed up the field work and my observation, which made it much easier to start my essay. I did procrastinate towards starting my first draft, but once I started it, it was very easy to add upon it and make corrections. The easiest part of my essay was my first draft, getting all my ideas down in writing. The harder part was organizing my words and ideas and putting them in to paragraphs and extend upon then, which took a little more time and thought.