tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post6643203080416538050..comments2023-10-17T05:19:48.148-04:00Comments on Rose-coloured: Nice places to readRebecca Rosenblumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859985178895250412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-4703579343700377592009-06-17T11:45:19.265-04:002009-06-17T11:45:19.265-04:00I did 70% of my studying for the bar exam at the S...I did 70% of my studying for the bar exam at the Swiss Chalet corner Montreal Rd. and St-Laurent!!! I thought it was just this particular SC that was conducive to reading mounds of boring stuff but I see all of them will do !! They have terrible perogies that I adore.fredehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14612937123088996070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-46057691967509523532009-06-16T12:44:31.914-04:002009-06-16T12:44:31.914-04:00I used to like reading in the "rafters" ...I used to like reading in the "rafters" at Wychwood Library on Bathurst St., but I'm funny in that I enjoying reading in those little carrels. Knox College Library at U of T is also a great spot, and agree with your view of Hart House (except I also tend to fall asleep when I read there in the winter - they really blast the heat!). If you want tranquility and an inspiring view, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is tough to beat. (Anne Marie Macdonald has been spotted a few times.)<br /><br />You'd also be hard pressed to beat my huge back deck, particularly in the evening when the back alley is quiet and there's good red wine to be drunk.writer_guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716217210281025515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403642865904161814.post-71864652336886642122009-06-15T14:28:21.821-04:002009-06-15T14:28:21.821-04:00I think the biggest problem with reading in a Swis...I think the biggest problem with reading in a Swiss Chalet is that they'd expect you to buy something, and I can't imagine a circumstance that would compel to eat their food.<br /><br />I don't really 'go out' to read. If I happen to be out and stop in one place long enough, I'll crack open my book, and obviously I read on transit, but leaving my home with the intention of poking my nose in a book just doesn't work for me. (I can't really afford it, either; even going for coffee is something I only have the scratch for a couple times a month.) I can get some good writing done, in those situations, though. If I could afford to sit and work someplace where I had to be a paying patron, it would be Manic Coffee on College. Best coffee in the city, imho, great atmosphere, and hot baristas (my female friends tell me that's true of the male baristas too, but I'm not sure if I believe them. Too many of those sex-offender mustaches that hipsters tend to favour these days).Augusthttp://www.vestige.orgnoreply@blogger.com