[GRLUG] Saturday Social hiatus
Mike Williams
knightperson at zuzax.com
Thu Jun 9 14:37:33 EDT 2011
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
> <mailto:brousch at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto: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
> <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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