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jfbIt's not a phrase I ever expected to construct, but I think I've chosen my favorite Starbucks. It has a big, open space with lots of windows, at least one inhumanly cheerful barista, comfy seating (although there's never enough comfy seating), and, I just discovered today, a fireplace to ward away California's midwinter chill.
(Update: this one.)
After I finished the front section of the paper, I went to the Mountain View Public Library, found myself another comfy chair in another big open space with lots of windows, and read first chapters of interesting-looking books and the Week In Review. No hot chocolate, though.
I ended up checking out Anne Ursu's Spilling Clarence, a novel about a pharmaceutical plant fire that inadvertently restores memories in a small college town. The first chapter is mostly set at the cafe of Davis & Dean, a fictional book chain (read Barnes & Noble) trying to split the difference between the factory and the university at opposite ends of the town. I was going to say something here, but I got distracted by the book's web site, which is really cool. Go look at it. Click the Davis & Dean storefront.
Ursu, according to her bio, was raised in Minneapolis, graduated from Brown University, and lives in Mountain View. Her second book, The Disapparation of James, has been on my reading list since I ran across it at Kepler's, but the Mountain View library has so far ignored my suggestion that they buy it. Even though she lives here. Hmph. Maybe I'll buy it once I'm employed again.
(Update: Here's the chapter I read.)
(Update: this one.)
After I finished the front section of the paper, I went to the Mountain View Public Library, found myself another comfy chair in another big open space with lots of windows, and read first chapters of interesting-looking books and the Week In Review. No hot chocolate, though.
I ended up checking out Anne Ursu's Spilling Clarence, a novel about a pharmaceutical plant fire that inadvertently restores memories in a small college town. The first chapter is mostly set at the cafe of Davis & Dean, a fictional book chain (read Barnes & Noble) trying to split the difference between the factory and the university at opposite ends of the town. I was going to say something here, but I got distracted by the book's web site, which is really cool. Go look at it. Click the Davis & Dean storefront.
Ursu, according to her bio, was raised in Minneapolis, graduated from Brown University, and lives in Mountain View. Her second book, The Disapparation of James, has been on my reading list since I ran across it at Kepler's, but the Mountain View library has so far ignored my suggestion that they buy it. Even though she lives here. Hmph. Maybe I'll buy it once I'm employed again.
(Update: Here's the chapter I read.)
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