a short meditation on coffee cups

why is it that in sf there is no way to carry a coffee cup in the street and not look bougie? i suspect it is because all cups are either red (starbucks) or white (peets), or some variation of those. in new york, there are those blue and white 'have a nice day' cups that you get for 50 cents on the corner (75 cents near subway stations) or the white/pink/orange dunkin donuts ones that you always see on the ground, so you can carry a coffee cup and not feel like a prat (british slang returns!!). there, you could just be rushing somewhere trying to get some caffeine (or more accurately, tons of sugar). but in sf, it's a luxury item that signals you are on a break. you have no choice - you MUST drink your coffee with your leather TA schoolbag from london, kate spade sunglasses, and marc jacobs pear necklace-watch in your VW golf. you simply must!