The Wild Youth of Naperville

One of the things I dislike about England is the youth culture. Teenagers hang out on street corners jeering at passers by, there is no respect of adults, they are rude, sullen, self centred - and that is just my children!
So it was with some intrepidation that I came across a gang of kids hanging out in Naperville. They were a mixed group just out of school. They were lively, but a little less intimidating than the kids in England.
In Naperville, no one hangs out on the streets. So where were they? Inside Ethel's Chocolate Lounge, that's where. Ethel's is a middle-class, middle-aged chocolate cafe. It is decorated in pink and brown and boasts a glittering array of delicacies. Chocolat meets Starbucks.
The youngsters were gathered around a fondue. Instead of swigging beer out of bottles, they were politely dipping marshmallows into molten chocolate.
Don't ask what I was doing in a chocolate lounge. But I can recommend the hot cocoa.