@WeirdWriter I'm in the East Bay Area, CA, and there are a number of good indie bookstores, but most of them aren't also cafe type places... or, on the flip side, a number of good coffee/tea shops, but books are secondary at best. My life tends to revolve around different social areas (circus, a lot, when I'm not at work) these days, but when I was younger and in school, I'd seek out the good lounging coffee shops as much as I could. And I still sometimes let my mind imagine the ideal cafe/bookstore, and I have to say, reading this, I was bringing many of those images to mind. @RussSharek