It's too bad that Buzz Coffee (at Sunset 5/Virgin plaza) turned wack when the ownership changed a few years back. Besides the prices, it used to be a meatspace equivalent of Boing Boing. The guys behind the counter were friendly, knowledgeable rockers and geeks, the ever-changing art was cool, and the atmosphere was chill. People like Mila Kunis and Andy Dick and even Michael Jackson (shopping at Virgin) used to come by. Matt Damon bummed some smokes from us. We used to watch an indie movie upstairs, and then discuss cool and weird stuff over many cups of coffee. You know how Los Angeles is just a big village, and has these LA-only replacements for quaint folksy things? Well, Buzz used to be the equivalent of a small town diner, where friends gathered for a malt. Then, when the owners changed, prices went up, quality went down, the ever-changing coffee-jockey lineup had no skills, and neither I nor the dozen or so friends who used to frequent have been back. It was an end of an era.