ext_46639 ([identity profile] redheadedmuse.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2010-01-27 08:08 pm
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Good writing spots around Davis Sq?

I'm looking for a few places to get away from home and do some writing. Top requirements would be a quiet atmosphere, a place to sit for a few hours at a stretch and free wireless. True Grounds has been my default for awhile, but I'd like to add a few to my list, especially if they have later hours.

Where do y'all like to sit/think/write?
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[identity profile] serious-noir.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
The Somerville Library on College Ave. Don't know the hours offhand.

I prefer noise and ruckus so usually go to Diesel.
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[personal profile] ron_newman 2010-01-28 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Starbucks doesn't have free wi-fi, though.

[identity profile] syntheticnature.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
If you register a Starbucks card and use it once in a while, your wifi is free. Allegedly it's limited to 2 hrs/day but I've never seen it get cut off. (And I understand that registering and using a Starbucks card may not be acceptable to some DSLJ readers.)

[identity profile] clevernonsense.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
when i'm writing, i often prefer no wifi :)

[identity profile] whaler.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
haha yeah the internet is the worst distraction!

[identity profile] clevernonsense.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
for me, the work/writing become the (very occasional) distraction from my web-noodling

[identity profile] justjess.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I try to limit surfing-while-writing to research for whatever it is I'm working on, but... yeah. Internet bad.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2010-01-28 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
Somerville Library West Branch hours here.

This won't matter right now, but when the weather gets warm you need to know that this library branch is not air-conditioned.

The Cambridge Public Library's O'Neill Branch is a short walk from Davis Square, on Rindge Avenue, and they say they have free wi-fi.
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[identity profile] nonnihil.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
No wifi at the West branch, last I checked. But the Somerville Main Library is just a three-minute bus ride away, has better hours, less creaky floors, and all the wifi you can eat.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2010-01-28 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Is the WestBranch library's page wrong? It says they have wi-fi.

[identity profile] nonnihil.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
No sign of it yesterday evening, but that may have been incidental technical difficulties or something.

[identity profile] blunderblunder.livejournal.com 2010-01-28 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
It was fine a couple of weeks ago :P
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