Flor. Coffee + Books , 1220 31st St., NW

During the pandemic, Florencia Agrazo began experiencing a bad case of anxiety. She began gratitude journaling and the practice bloomed—she even published her own series of gratitude journals. Nearly five years later, she and partner Marco Ferrario are opening Flor. Coffee + Books, a cafe in Georgetown, that she says is the physical manifestation of those habits. “The idea is to build a space where people can stop the rushing, so that they can be present,” Agrazo says. Flor. is the couple’s first foray into the coffee business, driven by their shared love of visiting cafes together.

The cozy two-story coffee shop and bookstore, nestled into a converted yellow rowhouse on 31st and M streets, soft-opened last week but will have a grand opening cele

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