hello again,
aside from public libraries..where else can I study? I'm looking for different coffee shops to plant myself in for a while. Any recommendations? i go to barnes and nobles early in the day but i think that will get old after a while. Thanks!

B&N is a great place to plant & study. How about Border's in the Time Warner Bldg.? There's always Starbuck's. If you're not easily distracted, there are plenty of tables/chairs in the Rock Center Concourse, plus plenty of take-out places for coffee/cocoa/food, and rest rooms.

In Soho there is a great bookstore called Housing Works Used Book Café.
126 Crosby St
New York, NY 10012-3326
Phone: (212) 334-3324
see [www.housingworks.org]

Perfect!

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see this link for suggestions about good cafes for writing...many ideas given, including the housing works.
others:
bouley bakery in tribeca, tea lounge in park slope, think coffee on mercer or bleecker, the archive in bushwick

A Taste of Australia

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