20 years and six publishers for this group

Amid the sugar packets, cream containers and steaming mugs of coffee, one man sits at the end of the table, daring to be different than the rest. His name is Everett Larson and he's drinking tea.

"I drank coffee all my life. No real reason, I just switched to tea," he said. "I guess I'm too wild drinking that coffee."

Larson is 72 years old, but you would never guess that by looking at or listening to him. He wears shorts and sneakers, and has the energy and zeal of a 20-year-old.

Larson is one of about a dozen men who meet at the Gallery Restaurant weekday mornings at 9:30. Half of them gathe...