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This makes me sad. I don't play chess anymore, for a list of reasons. But most of the bookstores I've frequented have had "chess nights" and they're usually the one night when assembled sundry manage to be quiet*. & there is a building in Manhattan, called something like Park Avenue Plaza, where people are often gathered in the lobbies to play chess, which I found rather charming. One of many such venues in the area, I know.
I am not having a good evening. One of my eyes is very irritated, and I hurt from head to foot. The morning was OK, but since about 330PM I've been miserable. My mom asked where I like to go that I find comforting and that makes me feel better, saying that she likes to go down to the ocean (a few blocks away) and look at the water. I replied that the place I like to go is to sleep.
* for some reason, private groups that used to have to get a room in a library, or rent a room in a hotel, are now using the local coffee-boasting bookstores as their meeting places; people are also using them as job interview venues. This is profoundly irritating, as they are inappropriately loud and suck up all the seating that actual patrons would like to use. I would understand if these were reading groups, but they usually aren't in any way related to their chosen venue, nor are they an official "event". & I wouldn't mind if they reserved space in advance or kept it quiet, but they're usually really loud & leave nowhere else to sit. The only reason they choose these places rather than a library is that in a library's meeting room, coffee would not be allowed.
I am not having a good evening. One of my eyes is very irritated, and I hurt from head to foot. The morning was OK, but since about 330PM I've been miserable. My mom asked where I like to go that I find comforting and that makes me feel better, saying that she likes to go down to the ocean (a few blocks away) and look at the water. I replied that the place I like to go is to sleep.
* for some reason, private groups that used to have to get a room in a library, or rent a room in a hotel, are now using the local coffee-boasting bookstores as their meeting places; people are also using them as job interview venues. This is profoundly irritating, as they are inappropriately loud and suck up all the seating that actual patrons would like to use. I would understand if these were reading groups, but they usually aren't in any way related to their chosen venue, nor are they an official "event". & I wouldn't mind if they reserved space in advance or kept it quiet, but they're usually really loud & leave nowhere else to sit. The only reason they choose these places rather than a library is that in a library's meeting room, coffee would not be allowed.
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