Tired of long johns, nightquil, and shoveling a tunnel to your mailbox? Looking for a unique bohemianish defrosting spot? Look no further than these words you are now reading. Pencil in Lake Worth Florida for your next getaway for a weekend or a lifetime. A picturesque Atlantic coastal town located in the southern shadow of glitz and glamorous West Palm Beach, Lake Worth is home to some 37,000 residents, and three-times and growing amount of tourists. Perhaps the newly reopened (December 2009) and rebuilt Lake Worth Pier as attracted some, yet the many outdoor cafe's, shops attract others. Not to be undone, Lake Worth boasts the largest street-painting festival in the country, with local, national, and international artististants.

If all that is not enough to captivate you into reaching for some retro love-beads and peace sign sunglasses, a healthy dose of coffee shops, straight and LGBT restaurants, nightclubs and the like, adorn the main streets (Lake and Lucerne Ave) running through the heart of downtown. As if your excitement has not alreadygotten you off this blog post, searching frantically for the proper 1-quart ziplock bag rapidly filled with trial sized toiletries, perhaps a little controversy will clinch your itinerary to include a stay in Lake Worth.

With all its eccentricities, a rather quaint coffee house, not of the same ilk as the 'chain' coffee shops, but a single sole proprietership coffee shop where once you step inside, you half expect to be greeted by Janis Joplin, Martha Stewart and Ms Cleo simultaneously. As a matter of fact, you stand a very good chance (6:7) you will indeed bump into the notorious and tarneshed television psychic from the early 2000's, Ms. Cleo, as she is a regular at the coffee house providing paid readings as well as monthly workshops on all things spiritual. Head down to Mother Earth Coffee and Gifts, tell the owner Patti, MaryAnn sent ya (but don't tell my ex...Ms. Cleo)!