Have Mac, will travel

Last night, I got my first batch of "me" time in 2 months. My plan was to drop by the Apple Store and pick up a sleeve or case for my shiny new toy, then head across the street to Borders for some photo-triaging and digital scrapping.

I was 0-2. The Apple Store didn't have what I was looking for, and Borders was mobbed. Between the teeny-boppers there for some vampire book reading, and the usual crowd of Free Wifi users, I couldn't find a chair in the place.

I spent an hour cruising the book aisles, but it seemed like every book I picked up was depressing - memoirs of child abuse, how were failing a generation of children as parents, a woman who slept with 100 different men in a year, etc. (I know that bad news sells, but I do want to ask the book industry what is up with using pretty book designs for such morbid subjects?!?!)

Tired of the crowd, I went back to the mall and wandered the "new" wing (built in the last two years, but I don't get out much), but felt like I had been dropped in an alien planet. The music was loud, the stores were cluttered and messy, and the mall itself was a bit crowded, although not as bad as Borders. Urban Outfitters looked like a bomb had gone off in it.

And then I went to leave and Best Buy had closed ten minutes early, so I had to walk out the long way to get to my car.

What a waste of free time.

Any suggestions for good places to get a chair and table on a Friday night? That's the only time I can get away. I'll try a different mall/Borders/B&N next time, but a few other suggestions wouldn't hurt. I don't drink coffee or tea, so I feel weird going to Tim Horton's or Dunkin Donuts. Neither are very WW friendly.