Absolutely one of my most favorite places to buy (Starbucks) coffee-to-go, perfect for me when biketouring. I have made a change this time; instead of buying (rather heavy) bottles of unsweetened black, I opted for a 4-pack of slightly sugared (17grams) Doubleshot Espresso & Cream; I'd much rather have the unsweetened black, but it wasn't available in very lightweight aluminum (and easily carried) cans. So, I figured "OK, it has 17 grams more sugar each than I want to ingest, but I'm neither able to effectively nor efficiently pedal my Doublevision, upon which I could carry as much weight as wanted, and shifted to a much lighter aluminum extruded CruzBike, where it behooves me to watch every bit of weight--even with a much heavier 26 x 1.5" Direct Drive wheel and TWO batteries.
Anyway, another reason I frequent Walgreens when traveling/biketouring is the opportunity to obtain small bills of cash. Very often, merchants or eateries I stop at cannot break a larger bill ($20, $50, $100) or are "cash only".
Additionally, there are times when I just need a piece of bona fide dark (60%+ cacao) chocolate, or, rarely, an ice-laden fountain drink like Mountain Dew (which gives me both sugar AND my daily pm fix of caffeine!).
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