[GRLUG] Saturday Social hiatus

Thu Jun 9 14:54:22 EDT 2011

I'm just kinda annoyed at them right now, since the person calling out
orders took one look at my name and said "Someone put some weird letters for
a name here". I'd really rather not give them any more business.

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Mike Williams <knightperson at zuzax.com>wrote:

>  I suppose that never occurred to me, since I don't. Anyway, I usually just
> stand there at the counter until I see food that looks like what I ordered.
>
> Not sure about their hours, but I think they're open until 10 most nights.
> I can't speak for the quality of the coffee since I'm not a coffee drinker,
> but my wife the coffee snob will go there so it must be pretty good.
>
> On 06/09/2011 02:39 PM, Dagny Scott wrote:
>
> ... 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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