Good morning

[owlmoose]

Since high school, one of my greatest pleasures has been kicking back in a coffee shop with a book and a cuppa. It's the easiest way for me to concentrate on readings for a class, for some reason -- the distractions of the semi-public place are easier for me to handle than the distractions of home. So why it took me so long to figure out that a laptop and some wireless would be just as compelling, I have no idea.

This particular Panera is one of the best places I've found. The coffee is good and the refills are free, the breakfast pastries are tasty (I am addicted to the four-cheese souffle, and the cinnamon crunch bagels), and the people watching is excellent, too -- picture windows all around, and it faces a busy intersection with three train stops. So people and trains and cars are always flowing by. As long as I don't sit too close to the door (as I have today, unfortunately), I could hang out here for hours.

I haven't yet had much success with serious writing here, though. Whenever I come here, I end up surfing and/or writing on LJ. Then again, I haven't really tried to buckle down and work on fic in public much; if I'm in the right mood I bet it works really well. A holiday is coming up; maybe that would be a good time to check it out.

Comments

viva Panera!

[iamleaper]

Hey! I've long found that Panera is the single best place (for me) to write/read/work on stuff. I love to get a bagel (if only they would bring back their mocha chip bagel! mm) and a soda and just sit and work.

I wrote most of my undergraduate thesis at Panera, and a good part of my coursework. Now that I no longer have a Panera across the street from my house, I don't go as often, but I still find it to be a great place to go to do work.

A fair amount of my 2004 NaNoWriMo novel was written in a Panera Bread in Columbus Ohio -- the local meetup group actually met there! I much prefer a coffeeshoppe with a big fluffy chair for creative writing work, though!

Re: viva Panera!

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Panera has nice booths, but no big fluffy chairs. Then again, I don't know if I could write in a big fluffy chair. The couch is problematic enough for me. :)

A mocha chip bagel sounds tasty, especially with coffee!

[sirea1182.livejournal.com]

I love the portability a laptop offers, even if it means I can sit on my comfy couch or lay in bed and use the computer rather than at my desk. I always kinda envied the people at coffee shops with their laptops, they look so cool and sophisticated XD

Hence why my next system will most definitely be a laptop. I've already had this one almost two years, so I'm thinking I might get a couple more years out of it before I'm ready to upgrade.

Who knows, maybe I'll even look into Macs. ;)

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Parron been working on you? ;) I'm a Mac user from way back, so if you want more recruiting information, let me know!

I held out on the laptop for a long time, but now that I have one I really can't imagine going back.