Starbucks
Various locations throughout Monterey County
It’s like your very own cloak of invisibility: Unfurl the Weekly and disappear in plain sight of all the schlubs at the surrounding tables sipping caramel macchiatos and dishing about who they went home with last night after one too many Moscow mules. Set up shop at one of the coffeehouse’s numerous locations countywide (or make the rounds if the gossip’s too G-rated at any particular Starbucks). Be inspired to think independently, act consciously and gain insight about human nature without seeming like a creeper.