Panera Bread
I'm sitting in the Panera Bread on Main Street in Newark right now. I like Panera Bread, though currently I am here for doing work/reading and coffee. Panera is low on the places I like to do that, but since it's homecoming weekend, tables are full everywhere (except the Central Perk, but I like them even less).
On the upside, Panera has some of the best WiFi around. It's free, and seems to be about as fast as the University WiFi. They also have a lot of outlets and plenty of tables, which is very handy on days like this.
On the downside, they have these really sweet looking circular Bose speakers hanging from the ceiling. They look to be almost a foot in diameter, and generate some really nice sound. Why is this a downside? Because Panera has the worst choice of music I may have ever heard. It is really peppy inoffensive jazz. Well, it wouldn't be inoffensive were it not pumping out at about triple the decibels necessary to create atmosphere. Because of that, I have to turn my headphones up, lest I get a mashup (right now Panera's tenor sax is bleeding into my Spoon).
On the upside, Panera has some of the best WiFi around. It's free, and seems to be about as fast as the University WiFi. They also have a lot of outlets and plenty of tables, which is very handy on days like this.
On the downside, they have these really sweet looking circular Bose speakers hanging from the ceiling. They look to be almost a foot in diameter, and generate some really nice sound. Why is this a downside? Because Panera has the worst choice of music I may have ever heard. It is really peppy inoffensive jazz. Well, it wouldn't be inoffensive were it not pumping out at about triple the decibels necessary to create atmosphere. Because of that, I have to turn my headphones up, lest I get a mashup (right now Panera's tenor sax is bleeding into my Spoon).
Labels: Bad Things, Pop Culture, University of Delaware
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