1. No Internet - well, technically I suppose there is, but I’ve got more will power at Starbucks than I do at home.

2. The day that I switch from hot drinks to cold drinks (that was this week).

3. Comfy chairs

4. You can actually learn quite a bit from sitting at Starbucks for several hours. The other day I sat near 2 med students studying for an osteology exam and learned all about the bones of the head and face.

5. You can’t make this crap up. I’m amazed at some of the stuff people talk about in a coffee shop. It’s like they think they’re alone instead of in a group of people.

6. Caffeine! My fingers fly with a venti non-fat sugar free vanilla latte in my system!

7. Seasonal drinks. Pumpkin spice in the fall, Peppermint white mocha’s around Xmas, and Pomegranite frappicino’s in the summer.

8. People watching.

9. Body language. Starbucks is a good place for first meetings (or friends meeting, but are they really only friends) and it’s fun to watch new people meet.

10. Starbucks music. I don’t know why, but I love it!

11. Blueberry scones. (And actually, their new breakfast sandwiches are quite good, too).

12. You get to be social without actually being social. There’s actually something kind of cool about sitting with a bunch of other people working on their laptops.

13. I get to say things like, “I write sex scenes in Starbucks!”