finding fun wherever you can

i have had an obsession with coffee shops for almost as long as i can remember. but living in san diego, there were few times that i actually felt justified spending a lot of time inside, drinking warm beverages, when it was so dang hot outside. that's not to say that i still didn't spend a whole lot of time in places like panera, even that very one that is smack dab in the middle of east county that katie was at today. but i have spent more time that i ever have before in coffee shops since i moved. a lot of the new places i have been visiting are kinda random establishments, complete with quirky art and furniture, and not one of them at all resembles the homogeneous starbucks world, and something about that actually makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. because even though i love that i know i can get my latte made perfectly every time i hit up a starbucks, i miss out on the ambiance that comes with these small establishments. i would have to say that discovering these new places to sit with a cup of coffee and my computer and work my little heart out has become one of the more fun things that i have been doing since i moved. even if it means that my wallet is maybe a little emptier than it was before.