[GRLUG] Saturday Social hiatus

Thu Jun 9 14:39:56 EDT 2011

... and if you have a name that's any more complicated than "Mike," good
luck getting your order, because they'll refuse to call it out.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com>wrote:

>  If you want a Grandville-ish location, how about the Panera Bread on 44th
> street? They have reliable wifi, good food, and lots of space including an
> upper story that's a bit secluded from the rest of the place.
>
> On 06/09/2011 01:40 PM, Kyle wrote:
>
> Having been to meetings there before, I would tend to agree that the Biggby
> Coffee on Kalamazoo is not the largest one out there.  Nice place, very
> convenient if you're in the area, but not the largest.  With that said, I'd
> like to propose a few other potential locations:
>
>  Open until 10:00pm, comfortably large for meetings (I've attended
> meetings here before):
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=7401728546156616731&q=biggby+grandville,+mi&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=14
>
>  Open until 11:00pm, and reasonably large (I've held meetings here
> before):
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=13356793493411422149&q=biggby+grandville,+mi&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=14
>
>  Or the ol' standard, which is open until 10:00pm and is huge:
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=17213477672710818510&q=biggby+grandville,+mi&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=14
>
>  Also, a bit out of the box, but I love the idea of combining books with
> Linux.  They're open until 10:00pm, and although the café area is small, I
> think later at night it would be large enough for the current regular
> attendee group size:
> http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2008
>
>  Now, for the day.  If we go with Wednesday, I won't be able to make it
> until the late end of the time range most of the time, if at all.  Already
> have a recurring calendar event on Wednesdays that runs until about 9:00pm
> that involves a group of other people, which makes it difficult for me to
> reschedule.  Monday and Friday nights both have time slots already filled by
> recurring events as well.  Plus, many churches hold services on Wednesday
> nights, so I'd think there will be a number of people unable to attend due
> to that.  For me, the current Saturday time slot works really really well,
> but if those are out, Tuesday and Thursday nights would both work.
>
>  - Kyle
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Kline
> Sent: Jun 9, 2011 11:59 AM
> To: "Mailing List for LUG in greater Grand Rapids, MI area."
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Saturday Social hiatus
>
> It's smaller than some, but unless
> turnouts explode, it's adequate.  I
> should say I've only been there in
> the mid morning, and the place can
> be anything from empty to half full.
>
>  Don't know about 8PM.
>
>      -- Bob
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> There's a Biggby Coffee essentially
>>> across the street from the Kava House.
>>> 6082 Kalamazoo Ave.
>>>
>>>  Open until 10PM.
>>>
>>>  It has WiFi.
>>>
>>
>>  Have you been inside of it? Steve mentioned that it's quite small. I've
>> only ever used the drive-thru there.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>     -- Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Well that sucks. I've been looking around and apparently most places
>>>> close at 9PM. So far the best non-bar location I can find is The Bitter End
>>>> Coffee, 752 Fulton St W, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 . It's open 24
>>>> hours.
>>>>
>>>>  Anybody else have a suggestion?
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Mike Nicholas / The Personal Connection
>>>> <nicholas at iserv.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, George shut the place down on Saturday.
>>>>> LINK:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mobile.mlive.com/advgrapids/db_96702/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=x30hAlk8&detailindex=2&pn=0&ps=5
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mike Nicholas
>>>>> The Personal Connection
>>>>> Computer Consultants
>>>>> Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, June 8, 2011 5:18 pm, Bob Kline wrote:
>>>>> > I got an e-mail saying that Kava House
>>>>> > has closed.  If true, within the last week
>>>>> > or so.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > There's a Biggby almost across the street
>>>>> > if the Kava House is closed.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >      -- Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
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