Scene & Heard: Intelligentsia Coffee, Downtown Chicago, 4:15 p.m.

"I destroyed my heart by stirring sugar into it." — Audrey Fox, about her coffee art.

Scene & Heard: Deep Eddy Cabaret, 10:43 p.m.

"Well, could I do it in regular shoes? I'm really sure-footed. I'm a really good tree-climber! I had to do something to defeat my social awkwardness at parties during high school..." — Alana Ault, while at my Dive of the Month Club meet-up at a West Austin drinking institution.

Scene & Heard: Draught House, 11 p.m.

"It took me a while to realize I like whiskey." — friend, debating liquors over happy hour beer.