Coffee shop?

[dancerjodi]

Does anyone know of a good coffee shop that would be cool with hanging out for a couple of hours near the Woburn/Stoneham area?

I know that there are Barnes & Nobles with coffee shops in Burlington and Saugus but I'm trying to avoid crazy shopping areas. I'm leaving here at 4:00, meeting Brian, and then we have 3.5 hours to kill until we meet up for The Sopranos Last Supper (whoot). I know that there will be some holiday shopping to take care of but that won't use up the whole time.

Thanks in advance! If I was in the Waltham/Newton or Framingham area I'd be all set finding one. Out in Maldonia however, I'm not sure how common the academic coffee shop type is.

BTW, I'm almost done with Urban Tribes, 100 pages to go. I think then I'll start the second Gabrielle Roth book (the sequel to "Sweat Your Prayers" link . After that I'm hoping to read the "Blue Collar Roots, White Collar Dreams" book click - I think it would be helpful given things I've been thinking about lately.

I'll be psyched if I'm able to finish this book this weekend (and also get my sewing done). I want to finish up this present so that I can start working on something for ME. :)

Comments

[snowwand.livejournal.com]

My dad says that there is a coffee shop on 28 right near the stoneham theater...but doesn't remember if it is a sit down place or what.

Thanks!

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"My dad says that there is a coffee shop on 28 right near the stoneham theater...but doesn't remember if it is a sit down place or what."

Heh, you know I drove by that yesterday and walked by it on Wednesday (on the way to the show) and didn't even look around me. Perhaps we will check it out!

Re: Thanks!

[snowwand.livejournal.com]

no problem :)

[tiamatlady]

Did you want me to meet you earlier?
I have work piled up that I need ot get to but I can come over earlier. I figured probably not, since there's nothing I can do about ou getting out of work at 4 *grins* but, hey, it's worth asking.

Yay for Italian food! I knew there was a reason I didn't get pasta last night. (Company dinner - I'm the only one who got a steak.)

Nah,

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"I have work piled up that I need ot get to but I can come over earlier. I figured probably not, since there's nothing I can do about ou getting out of work at 4 *grins* but, hey, it's worth asking."

I think meeting at 7:30 might still work out best. It takes me a bit to get over to Brian's office and I know he's got things to pick up for Christmas (Men, so last minute, you know? ;) ).

I'm SO excited about tonight, its silly :)

blue-collar book

[nepenthedreams]

While I don't consider my parents blue-collar, my schools, my friends, etc growing up certainly were as well as most family members. My dad and my stepdad were both the high-achievers that went on to be very successful in the white collar world, but the rest of their families remained the same. So my parents were the straddlers.

Going to Smith was quite a shock to the system, that really changed my perspective on where I stood in the world. For a while, I was a little reactionary about this - instead of trying to fit into their world, I tried to be even more "earthy" so to speak. But then I was dating these guys who really _were_ from blue-collar families, all the way. And they saw a huge difference between me and them - sometimes I even felt like they resented me. So I never knew where I fit in. I never liked to pretend to be something I'm not, so I didn't try to pretend I was wealthy, but I probably went too far in trying to be "streetwise" instead. I didn't have _that_ kind of background either, really.

Some of the reviews talk about alienating yourselves from your families. I have to say that I feel very distant from some family members - I have to talk in a different way for them to understand me, and it's hard for me to understand their motivations and goals, and vice versa. I never really felt like I had a family that I fit into, except for my mom (who is also voluntarily cut off from her family). But most of all, I felt alienated from most people in Nashua - and I think if I had grown up in a different town, or if I had been sent to private school like the rest of the people in my neighborhood, I would have had a different experience. But I value having gone to public school, because I'm way more in touch with reality than people who were shielded from it. And my mom thought it was important that I was exposed to all different levels of society. For my own kids, I don't know what to do. I don't want them to grow up to be snobs, but I don't want them to be teased because they don't fit in.

Let us know how the book is. I might end up reading it too.