Yarn & Coffee looks like a quaint shack buried in the back parking lot of The Pantry. It’s been a 10-year project for Deborah Grossman, who first conceptualized her own ‘knit and coffee’ shop in 2001.

If there’s one thing Regina Ress knows, it’s that everyone has a story to tell, whether they like it or not. “We can’t talk without telling stories,” Ress says.“It’s how we talk to each other.”