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Alternatives to Jane's?

Tom Johnson
Friends:

If Jane's is no longer a viable site, what are our alternatives?  I suggest
these possible parameters:
*) Centrality of location
*) Elasticity of space to accommodate 3-20 people
*) Quality of coffee and other edibles
*) Both indoor and outdoor tables and chairs easily moved
*) Ease of parking
*) WiFi cnx
*) Facility's ability to tolerate a, ummmm, "unique" clientele

This is not a hierarchical list.

With these considerations, here are some possibilities:

*) The Pink Adobe Cafe
Near 406 Old Santa Fe Trl just south of Rio Chama restaurant
Good parking when legis. not in session.

*) The Travel Bug
839 Paseo de Peralta
http://www.mapsofnewmexico.com/Photos.html
good parking in back

*) Museum Hill Cafe
NB- Opens at 10 a.m., but perhaps we could encourage something a bit
earlier?  Plenty of parking, nice environment
http://www.walterburkecatering.com/MuseumHillCafe/

*) Santa Fe Baking company
504 West Cordova Rd

Others?

-tom

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Alternatives to Jane's?

Michele Huff
I vote for the travel bug. it's easy to get to and large enough to accommodate
us.
And Greg needs the business...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Johnson" <[hidden email]>
To: "Friam@redfish. com" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: [FRIAM] Alternatives to Jane's?


> Friends:
>
> If Jane's is no longer a viable site, what are our alternatives?  I suggest
> these possible parameters:
> *) Centrality of location
> *) Elasticity of space to accommodate 3-20 people
> *) Quality of coffee and other edibles
> *) Both indoor and outdoor tables and chairs easily moved
> *) Ease of parking
> *) WiFi cnx
> *) Facility's ability to tolerate a, ummmm, "unique" clientele
>
> This is not a hierarchical list.
>
> With these considerations, here are some possibilities:
>
> *) The Pink Adobe Cafe
> Near 406 Old Santa Fe Trl just south of Rio Chama restaurant
> Good parking when legis. not in session.
>
> *) The Travel Bug
> 839 Paseo de Peralta
> http://www.mapsofnewmexico.com/Photos.html
> good parking in back
>
> *) Museum Hill Cafe
> NB- Opens at 10 a.m., but perhaps we could encourage something a bit
> earlier?  Plenty of parking, nice environment
> http://www.walterburkecatering.com/MuseumHillCafe/
>
> *) Santa Fe Baking company
> 504 West Cordova Rd
>
> Others?
>
> -tom
>
> =============================================================
> J. T. Johnson
> Institute for Analytic Journalism
> 505.577.6482(c)                              505.473.9646 (h)
> http://www.jtjohnson.com                    [hidden email]
>
> "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
>             -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician
> =============================================================
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
> Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
> http://www.friam.org


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Alternatives to Jane's?

Dede Densmore-2
In reply to this post by Tom Johnson
I hope I'm not going to come across as too much of a wet blanket, but
here goes.
*) We met at Museum Hill Cafe in fall/winter 2002/03 after we outgrew
Downtown Sub. Then they changed management and began to open later  and
no, they were not willing to be flexible to get our business.

*) I vote no on Santa Fe Baking Company. IMHO the food and the coffee
are both terrible.

*)Thoughts on Travel Bug: It's a relatively small place and we can be a
relatively big group. Would we drive away other Friday clientele? Does
he have other Friday clientele? We can only ask. What's it like in hot
weather?

*) Having never been to the Pink Adobe Cafe, I have neither the ability
nor the right to register an opinion.

I promise to work on some positive ideas ASAP.

Dede
On Mar 4, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:

> Friends:
>
> If Jane's is no longer a viable site, what are our alternatives?  I
> suggest
> these possible parameters:
> *) Centrality of location
> *) Elasticity of space to accommodate 3-20 people
> *) Quality of coffee and other edibles
> *) Both indoor and outdoor tables and chairs easily moved
> *) Ease of parking
> *) WiFi cnx
> *) Facility's ability to tolerate a, ummmm, "unique" clientele
>
> This is not a hierarchical list.
>
> With these considerations, here are some possibilities:
>
> *) The Pink Adobe Cafe
> Near 406 Old Santa Fe Trl just south of Rio Chama restaurant
> Good parking when legis. not in session.
>
> *) The Travel Bug
> 839 Paseo de Peralta
> http://www.mapsofnewmexico.com/Photos.html
> good parking in back
>
> *) Museum Hill Cafe
> NB- Opens at 10 a.m., but perhaps we could encourage something a bit
> earlier?  Plenty of parking, nice environment
> http://www.walterburkecatering.com/MuseumHillCafe/
>
> *) Santa Fe Baking company
> 504 West Cordova Rd
>
> Others?
>
> -tom
>
> =============================================================
> J. T. Johnson
> Institute for Analytic Journalism
> 505.577.6482(c)                              505.473.9646 (h)
> http://www.jtjohnson.com                    [hidden email]
>
> "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
>             -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician
> =============================================================
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
> Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
> http://www.friam.org
>


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Alternatives to Jane's?

Joe Spinden
I seemed to have missed the start of this topic.

Why do we need an alternative to Jane's ?

Joe





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Alternatives to Jane's?

Carl Tollander-2
In reply to this post by Dede Densmore-2
Yeah, Museum Hill *tolerated* us.  Not much of a menu. Wierd hours.
Santa Fe Baking Company is too crowded.  Good parking, but noisy
and it would be hard to find a big enough table.
Travel Bug might be OK.  Nice spot, parking, WiFi, Haven't tried
their coffee yet.
Pink Adobe?  Never been there.  Peered in the window once.
Sage Bakehouse has truly excellent blueberry muffins but not enough
places to sit.

Pity there's nothing mid-town.

Dare I suggest we retry DTS?  Not a big fan, but, there they are...we'd
have to twist their arms hard on WiFi access and there's an asymmetric
diffusion problem with the parking lot.

Tongue securely in cheek, how about The Institute?  One could make
a reasonable case....Friday Community Outreach Omlets Thing...naah...
nice image, though.

Dede Densmore wrote:

> I hope I'm not going to come across as too much of a wet blanket, but
> here goes.
> *) We met at Museum Hill Cafe in fall/winter 2002/03 after we outgrew
> Downtown Sub. Then they changed management and began to open later  and
> no, they were not willing to be flexible to get our business.
>
> *) I vote no on Santa Fe Baking Company. IMHO the food and the coffee
> are both terrible.
>
> *)Thoughts on Travel Bug: It's a relatively small place and we can be a
> relatively big group. Would we drive away other Friday clientele? Does
> he have other Friday clientele? We can only ask. What's it like in hot
> weather?
>
> *) Having never been to the Pink Adobe Cafe, I have neither the ability
> nor the right to register an opinion.
>
> I promise to work on some positive ideas ASAP.
>
> Dede
> On Mar 4, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
>
>> Friends:
>>
>> If Jane's is no longer a viable site, what are our alternatives?  I
>> suggest
>> these possible parameters:
>> *) Centrality of location
>> *) Elasticity of space to accommodate 3-20 people
>> *) Quality of coffee and other edibles
>> *) Both indoor and outdoor tables and chairs easily moved
>> *) Ease of parking
>> *) WiFi cnx
>> *) Facility's ability to tolerate a, ummmm, "unique" clientele
>>
>> This is not a hierarchical list.
>>
>> With these considerations, here are some possibilities:
>>
>> *) The Pink Adobe Cafe
>> Near 406 Old Santa Fe Trl just south of Rio Chama restaurant
>> Good parking when legis. not in session.
>>
>> *) The Travel Bug
>> 839 Paseo de Peralta
>> http://www.mapsofnewmexico.com/Photos.html
>> good parking in back
>>
>> *) Museum Hill Cafe
>> NB- Opens at 10 a.m., but perhaps we could encourage something a bit
>> earlier?  Plenty of parking, nice environment
>> http://www.walterburkecatering.com/MuseumHillCafe/
>>
>> *) Santa Fe Baking company
>> 504 West Cordova Rd
>>
>> Others?
>>
>> -tom
>>
>> =============================================================
>> J. T. Johnson
>> Institute for Analytic Journalism
>> 505.577.6482(c)                              505.473.9646 (h)
>> http://www.jtjohnson.com                    [hidden email]
>>
>> "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
>>             -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician
>> =============================================================
>>
>>
>> ============================================================
>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
>> Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
>> Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
>> http://www.friam.org
>>
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
> Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
> http://www.friam.org
>


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Alternatives to Jane's?

Joseph Dalessandro
A friend of mine recently took over operation of the Museum Cafe. I
believe they are thinking of opening earlier as the weather warms.  What
about the Whole Foods Community Room? Don't know about the WiFi. Cloud
Cliff has free WiFi and is fairly large.

//Joe


On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:26:03 -0700, "Carl" <[hidden email]> said:

> Yeah, Museum Hill *tolerated* us.  Not much of a menu. Wierd hours.
> Santa Fe Baking Company is too crowded.  Good parking, but noisy
> and it would be hard to find a big enough table.
> Travel Bug might be OK.  Nice spot, parking, WiFi, Haven't tried
> their coffee yet.
> Pink Adobe?  Never been there.  Peered in the window once.
> Sage Bakehouse has truly excellent blueberry muffins but not enough
> places to sit.
>
> Pity there's nothing mid-town.
>
> Dare I suggest we retry DTS?  Not a big fan, but, there they are...we'd
> have to twist their arms hard on WiFi access and there's an asymmetric
> diffusion problem with the parking lot.
>
> Tongue securely in cheek, how about The Institute?  One could make
> a reasonable case....Friday Community Outreach Omlets Thing...naah...
> nice image, though.
>
> Dede Densmore wrote:
> > I hope I'm not going to come across as too much of a wet blanket, but
> > here goes.
> > *) We met at Museum Hill Cafe in fall/winter 2002/03 after we outgrew
> > Downtown Sub. Then they changed management and began to open later  and
> > no, they were not willing to be flexible to get our business.
> >
> > *) I vote no on Santa Fe Baking Company. IMHO the food and the coffee
> > are both terrible.
> >
> > *)Thoughts on Travel Bug: It's a relatively small place and we can be a
> > relatively big group. Would we drive away other Friday clientele? Does
> > he have other Friday clientele? We can only ask. What's it like in hot
> > weather?
> >
> > *) Having never been to the Pink Adobe Cafe, I have neither the ability
> > nor the right to register an opinion.
> >
> > I promise to work on some positive ideas ASAP.
> >
> > Dede
> > On Mar 4, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
> >
> >> Friends:
> >>
> >> If Jane's is no longer a viable site, what are our alternatives?  I
> >> suggest
> >> these possible parameters:
> >> *) Centrality of location
> >> *) Elasticity of space to accommodate 3-20 people
> >> *) Quality of coffee and other edibles
> >> *) Both indoor and outdoor tables and chairs easily moved
> >> *) Ease of parking
> >> *) WiFi cnx
> >> *) Facility's ability to tolerate a, ummmm, "unique" clientele
> >>
> >> This is not a hierarchical list.
> >>
> >> With these considerations, here are some possibilities:
> >>
> >> *) The Pink Adobe Cafe
> >> Near 406 Old Santa Fe Trl just south of Rio Chama restaurant
> >> Good parking when legis. not in session.
> >>
> >> *) The Travel Bug
> >> 839 Paseo de Peralta
> >> http://www.mapsofnewmexico.com/Photos.html
> >> good parking in back
> >>
> >> *) Museum Hill Cafe
> >> NB- Opens at 10 a.m., but perhaps we could encourage something a bit
> >> earlier?  Plenty of parking, nice environment
> >> http://www.walterburkecatering.com/MuseumHillCafe/
> >>
> >> *) Santa Fe Baking company
> >> 504 West Cordova Rd
> >>
> >> Others?
> >>
> >> -tom
> >>
> >> =============================================================
> >> J. T. Johnson
> >> Institute for Analytic Journalism
> >> 505.577.6482(c)                              505.473.9646 (h)
> >> http://www.jtjohnson.com                    [hidden email]
> >>
> >> "He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
> >>             -John McCarthy, Stanford University mathematician
> >> =============================================================
> >>
> >>
> >> ============================================================
> >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> >> Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
> >> Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
> >> http://www.friam.org
> >>
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
> > Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
> > http://www.friam.org
> >
>
>
> ============================================================
> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> Meets Fridays 9AM @ Jane's Cafe
> Lecture schedule, archives, unsubscribe, etc.:
> http://www.friam.org

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Alternatives to Jane's?

Roger Critchlow-2
In reply to this post by Joe Spinden
joseph spinden wrote:
> I seemed to have missed the start of this topic.
>
> Why do we need an alternative to Jane's ?
>

Jane's is closed, effective today.

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