[sfear]

I've been taking my book out for coffee for over forty years. Of course back then it was mostly the local drive-in and Denny's as the comfy chair coffee shop hadn't come to town yet. I'd sit for about an hour or an hour and a half and while I did see people read the newspaper fairly often and browse a magazine once in a while rarely did anyone sit with an actual book in their hands, at least while I was there. The first Starbucks in town didn't have cushy chairs but when I walked into a Seattle Starbucks for the first time I was afraid to sit figuring they were off limits like plinking a piano in a public place usually is. I've since adjusted.