Posts tagged coffee shop
Newsflash – page about Jelly
Dec 9th
I’ve just added a new page about Jelly that includes a couple of videos from the first Frome Jelly in November. New pages are listed under Tips on the menu bar and also in the right-hand column under my tweets.
Work from Home Essential No. 3: A Favourite Coffee Shop
May 31st
I love coffee shops and I find that having one close by is a great advantage when you’re working from home. It provides a venue for all sorts of occasions – somewhere to go just for a change of scene, for a treat when you’ve completed something difficult, for a different environment in which to get your creative juices flowing, and to meet people either to discuss work or have a good old chat.
My favourite here in Frome is Divas, which is in the same building at the bottom end of town as Black Swan Arts, a gallery and shop, and some artists’ workshops. The counter display of colourful and healthy food makes you want to start at one side and work your way across to the other, ditto the cakes ranged across the top. You can sit outside in the pretty courtyard if the weather’s good, and browse the local and national papers while slurping the excellent coffee. Its only disadvantage is that it’s next to the library, where as you know I’m a regular visitor, so maybe we drop in more than we should – ‘Fancy a coffee?’ ‘Oh, go on then.’
Coffee, Cake and Company
Feb 20th
If you’ve browsed this site you’ll know I’m always banging on about getting out regularly when you work from home, and this is one instance where I’m very happy to take my own advice. Having moved from rural Cornwall where I had to drive everywhere, to a small town where all the facilities are within a few minutes walk, I’m particularly enjoying having a good coffee shop close to hand.
I’m not so sure whether the coffee shop is as delighted to have me and my friend – last time we were there for two and a half hours over two drinks each and a shared piece of cake, and only shifted when A rang my mobile, wondering where I’d got to. This time it was almost two hours with only the shared cake and a coffee each. At least our visits were a month apart and we are both regular customers outside our chatathons. There’s nothing quite as talkative as a homeworker unchained from the desk for the afternoon.
