Article: Coffee shops are shelters of solace in winter

These frigid winter days, I find myself stopping at coffee shops around town. So many new shops have opened up lately that there seems to be at least one on the way to wherever I'm going. No matter what time of day I go, these places are always teeming with activity. On a recent afternoon, I was running around on one of those below-zero wind-chill days when I decided to get a decaf at the Starbucks in New Lenox. I went inside, only to find all except one of the tables filled.

There's nothing like a good cup of coffee when you're cold. Even before the first sip, it warms you up. You breathe in the steamy aroma and hold your hands around the cup to let the heat seep into your fingers. It's no ...

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