One of the hallmarks of the main characters Lorelei and Rory Gilmore is, of course, their complete addiction to coffee\u2014a need for caffeine that is\u00a0satisfied\u00a0by Luke\u2019s Diner, the two’s\u00a0favorite spot to eat\u00a0in the quirky fictional town of Stars Hollow. Last Wednesday 250 coffee shops around the nation, including\u00a0Pappy’s Coffee Shop and\u00a0Caffeine Supreme\u00a0in Bakersfield, offered fans the chance to start their day like just like a Gilmore when the cafes turned into versions of Luke\u2019s Diner from 7 am-12pm. All of the\u00a0cities and shops\u00a0were specifically selected by Netflix in promotion of their upcoming four-part revival of the show titled Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. <\/em>Each 90-minute episode will air exclusively on Netflix starting Nov. 25.<\/p>\n TC student Courtney Cloud<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n Fellow Taft College student Courtney Cloud and I, both devoted fans of the show, headed to the event at Pappy\u2019s Coffee\u00a0Shop on Rosedale Highway and found that it was nothing short of magical. The caf\u00e9 displayed a replica of the Luke\u2019s Diner sign, had twinkly lights in the window just like the iconic storefront\u00a0from the show, and turned their own menus into Luke\u2019s Diner menus. The employees even dressed the way character Luke Danes appears in nearly every episode, wearing baseball caps and plaid flannel shirts. Pappy\u2019s also passed out free cups of coffee that were wrapped in Luke\u2019s Diner coffee sleeves and were printed with a brand new Lorelei Gilmore quote from one of the revival episodes.<\/p>\n \u201c[I understand] that local coffee shops try to make the restaurant like a second home, and I feel like Luke\u2019s Diner is a second home [to the characters],\u201d said an employee named Sarah, whose family owns Pappy\u2019s Coffee Shop. She said Pappy\u2019s had given out over 400 cups of coffee by 10:00 am, far surpassing their expectations for how many people would be at the event. Netflix contacted the shop in advance and asked if they\u2019d like to be one of only fifteen \u201cpop-up diners\u201d to partake in the event across California. \u201cWe wanted to give fans an experience to remember,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n While many people waited in the huge line that had formed outside the shop proudly donned Gilmore Girls <\/em>merchandise t-shirts or cleverly dressed like characters from the show, one mother and daughter duo in attendance were truly like a \u201creal-life Lorelei and Rory\u201d as their very lives bear a striking resemblance to those of the Gilmore girls themselves. Emily, who is a mother in her thirties just like Lorelei Gilmore, brought her daughter Chloe, who is sixteen and the exact age Lorelei\u2019s daughter Rory is in the first season of the series. \u201cWhen the show first came out, I was a new mom, so I never had time to watch it, but I had always heard things about it,\u201d Emily said. Chloe introduced her mom to watching Gilmore Girls<\/em>, and now the two enjoy the episodes together, sharing a deep connection to its premise and a charming relation to the endearing mother-daughter dynamic in the show.<\/p>\n![\"Photo](\"http:\/\/oldweb.taftcollege.edu\/tcwp\/cougaronline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Gilmore-Girls-7.jpg\")
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