This Had Better Be (Fat) Free
I checked online, and sure enough, the Starbucks at which I am sitting (at 1201 Market Street in Philadelphia) is participating in One Unwired Day. I can't find any catches or caveats, so theoretically all this wonderful, glorious Internet time—which I have been spending chatting with my former boss and my husband, reading the New York Times online, and catching up with some of my favorite blogs—has been wonderfully, gloriously free.
Lest you think that I have chosen the hermetically-sealed, air-conditioned environs of this Starbucks over the sunny, breezy day on offer outside, I did spend at least an hour reading (and trying to keep from dozing off) in the park at 3rd and Chestnut. If I'd only had a blanket to stretch out on in the grass, I would have stayed longer. I also walked around Old City and enjoyed the most delicious fat-free soft-serve chocolate ice cream cone I've ever had (from CremaLita on Chestnut; apparently the shop just opened today). It didn't taste fat-free at all. How did they do that?