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Hotel lobbies, especially those like Ace, CitizenM, Public, and Moxy, are my favorite public spaces. You could practically spend the entire day there. Start wit

Hotel lobbies, especially those like Ace, CitizenM, Public, and Moxy, are my favorite public spaces. You could practically spend the entire day there. Start with a coffee and end it with a nightcap. There’s almost always a place to sit. You could show up with your laptop and work, and not get the kind of side eye you’d get from coffee shops. Or you could show up with a friend or a date and actually hear yourself think. You can make conversations with strangers. You don’t feel obligated to buy a drink every hour. And you don’t look like a loser if you’re drinking solo. And the bartenders know what they’re doing. I’d take it over the cramped hipster Williamsburg speakeasy with a 1 month in advance reservation requirement.

valarauko 3y ago
> You could show up with your laptop and work, and not get the kind of side eye you’d get from coffee shops. Conversely, as someone who wants to actually sample the offerings at different coffee shops, I find it incredibly annoying that there's never any space to just sit and drink coffee. Every space is overtaken by laptop users parked for hours. Me, I'd like to try a nice pourover, and sit and savor it for half hour or so before heading on my day. Instead, my only option is a to go cup, and I'm damned if I'm spending that much for drinking out a paper cup standing outside.