I'm still in the pre-preschool stages of motherhood (well, one is in school, but there are two more at home yet), so I have yet to experience "the coffee shop", though I imagine, like you, I would get a lot more done there. :) Funny you should post about this this week, because my new AlphaSmart will be here on Thursday! I soooo can't wait to leave the kids with my husband so I can go camp out in a cozy corner of the Moose Jackson Cafe with a huge chai tea, my Alphie, and my mp3 (probably listening to some classic Heart).

Two more days, two more days, two more days...

I've just recently started going out one day a week to work in the coffee shop, and I like it a lot. Always productive, and I usually have an iced tea because I don't drink coffee after morning, and I can milk a venti iced tea for a good two hours, LOL. So far I have only gone to bookstore coffee shops because I do research and use them as a library (though I always end up buying something, even if only one book) but there is a nice chain sandwich place, Pannera, that has wireless (though I won't use it likely because I tend not to want to bother to do all the connecting to a new network, so that means I do focus more on work) and a very nice atmosphere, and just for work and/or writing, I will maybe try there next week. Then I can have lunch instead of just iced tea. :)

Sam

When the weather's good I walk to Starbucks to justify the chocolate grahams, but my favorite place is about a 15 min drive away. It's local, it's really grimy and filled with college students and hipsters and the owner is a total crank, but I love the atmosphere. Not sure if I'm more productive there or at home, LOL, but I feel more positive in general when I go.

Don't like coffee unless it's in a latte with some peppermint to boot. Love iPods - I'm a podcast freak, LOL. And I really love people bringing me food!

Though I understand the 'I haven't showered, do I have the energy to even do it' mentality. I wish I had a coffee shop closer to me. I'd be haunting it at least twice a week (when every child in my household is in school). :)

~ Karen Erickson

http://karenwritesromance.com

I'm definitely one of those obsessive people who is clouded by what I have to do and what I want to do. I lived across the street from a breakfast shop, so I would take my son to his bus stop at 720. By 730, I was at a table, drinking tea and writing. I stayed til 1030, M-F, writing. It was the most wonderful writing time I ever had and it worked great for about 9 months.

Then I moved.

I thought, I can make my own tea. Set aside the time and stick to it.

That didn't work real well. Then I got pregnant and it didn't work at all. I long for my coffeeshop, lol. I figure, in another three years, when the girls go to pre-school, I'll have a coffeeshop back. Even if I have to move to find one, lol.

Definitely go to the shop. Just so I can live vicariously. :)
Dee

I love coffee. I'm a night owl and it helps me stay up to all hours. I wish I had a coffee shop near by or an excuse to use one lol. So instead I have my own grinder and my favorite is a hazelnut hawaiin blend. I like the socialization of coffee. My one daughter and her boyfriend join me all the time but my other daughter and her finance don't touch it. It's like we're missing some kind of bonding together! That being said, I'm just getting over the flu and I lost my taste for coffee which is amazing since that hasn't happened since I was pregnant with each of my daughters. (and no that's not a possibility lol)

I'm not a coffee-shop devotee, but I do really like the idea--the cozy place to set up and work, the delicious smell of coffee (not much of a coffee drinker, but it does smell so yummy!), convenient access to food and restroom... And honestly, I'd love to be somewhere where people bring me food :) Sign me up! (Although I do understand that getting out of one's jammies would pose a bit of a deterrent to me...)

I would like to open a coffee shop--especially after reading your post. They are my favorite places. There is a small family owned one near where my son lives, and I love to go there and just soak up the ambience. It's more productive for me to work in a coffee shop than in a bookstore, where I tend to want to shop when I hit a rough patch.

Great topic!
Jeannie

I love spending time in unique coffee shops! To read, or visit, or eat, or whatever. I love the ambiance of one that feels comfortable. I had a favorite one, then I graduated and moved for a job. Hubby & I found one we loved.....they closed. Found another....he closed. Now, we're afraid to try anymore. But there is one downtown we'll stop at when we're downtown for something. We don't make it a destination because we're afraid that as soon as we do, they will close!!

I detest coffee, but I love the smell. I enjoy hot cocoa and tea - especially chai!

I like my iPod in certain situations...like on airplanes. I don't really use it except for that.

Yes, I like people bringing me food!! Especially if I had nothing to do with making it! Now, mind you, I love to cook. But sometimes, it is nice to be 'catered' to. :-)

I have been drinking coffee for 50 years. I love it.
Sad to say, I live in a very small town on the west coast and it is seventy miles to the nearest coffee shop with wireless internet.