I got this idea from a post by Chris Brogan, who talks about why and how he works at coffee shops. When I am in town, I generally work at my office and at home.
When I travel, I like to work at Apple Stores. 
Right now, it's Saturday and I am in Dallas seeing my girlfriend and my family who also lives here. (I live in San Antonio).
My girlfriend has wireless at the house. I also have a client here in town and after our meetings, I can hang out and use a private office if I wish.
But today is Saturday.
My girlfiend is doing some family stuff and I am doing this post from the Apple Store at NorthPark.
They are always very nice an accomodating and don't mind if I just grab a stool, get on the network and spend an hour or so cranking out a few things that I am working on. I will go for a walk in the mall, see what's new (NorthPark, in my opinion is the best mall in the U.S. - even better than Tyson's Corner in Northern Va.).
Sometimes I just save up questions on small stuff I am still trying to learn or get better at on my MacBoook Pro, so I sort of kill two birds with one stone.
So Chris, yes, I love coffee shops and coffee, but when you travel and need a place to chill, try an Apple store. Oh- and the background music is not too loud and much better than the stuff they play at Starbucks.
