GROUNDS FOR CHANGE

摘要

In the brightly colored basement of an old fraternity house in Bloomington, Indiana, an eclectic group of customers gather daily over coffee. Proudly home to kitschy 1970s furniture and vintage wall hangings depicting Neil Armstrong, JFK and dogs playing poker, the independent coffeehouse Soma serves up lattes, mochas, macchiatos and regular cups of joe. "In the morning, we normally have a crowd of middle-aged professionals who hang out here and get coffee before they head to work, and in the afternoon groups of punk rock kids come here on their bikes," says Abe Morris, a former manager of Soma who has recently cut bad on his hours to make time for graduate school. "On weekends, a retired couple often drops by to meet with their grown-up kids, and they all have family time," he says.