There's a country deli on my way to work, and when I stop in there at 6:30-7:00am, I typically run into one or two old buddies from the neighborhood (I live in the same community in which I grew up) and shoot the breeze for a bit. Of course, on my agenda is making sure they understand that I bike to work for fun and exercise, NOT as the result of a DWI or bad stroke of financial luck!

Anyway, I look forward to making this stop any time I leave a little extra early.