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prog ([personal profile] prog) wrote2005-05-24 11:11 am

Man

I'm going to have to cross O'Naturals off my list of friendly hang-out places. The free wireless and tasty scones make me keep forgetting, but it's developed a ding I can't really overlook: it's successfully positioned itself as a more family-friendly alt to the Diesel (not that the Diesel is un-FF, but O'N has a little play area, and Diesel doesn't, so there), so it's always full of several last names' worth of utterly random-acting babies & toddlers noodling around. Which I'd normally be able to deal with -- my sphere of awareness is quite small -- except for the fact at O'Naturals is basically one large room with some truly outstanding echo effects.

Yyyyyyikes.

Also the coffee blows. But the scones, man. I guess that's what to-go bags are for.

[identity profile] tahnan.livejournal.com 2005-05-26 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised to learn that the echoing of children there is worse than the general din of the Diesel. But then, I wear headphones even in the Diesel, and less because I need music than because I need to drown out background noise.

But the real question is: how late are they open?

[identity profile] prog.livejournal.com 2005-05-26 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Only until like 8.

I actually like the din and crowds at the Diesel. Not all the time, but it's a significant draw during those times I feel the need to go work there for a while. Who knows why, since I'm generally an introvert... (well, it's not like I like to actually interact with the crowds.)

In retrospect the music has something to do with it too. O'Naturals doesn't have a soundtrack (Carberry's did; I can't guess at why they dropped it), so when a single person (of any size) is being loud, that's all you hear. This really irritates me.