Borders and Noble, Water-Dillons

[Eric Alan Weinstein]

At 19:39 12/08/97 -0400, you wrote:
>> >	For those who love to browse, and use chance as a buying
>> >criteria, online bookstores aren't at all useful... :(
>

>
>Of course, you might argue that being able to flip through the books is 
>an important part of browsing, and in that case you'll have to wait until 
>there is more content online, but first chapters are already up for some 
>books on Amazon and other online stores.


Yea, but what about the cafe mocha and bagels or in my case fat-free carrot
muffins? And what about all those charming bright and attractive members 
of the opposite/same sex who don't mind chatting? Can't have furtive
glances over e-mail. 
 
In London I  recommend the Seattle Coffee Company at Waterstone's, 
or Aroma at the larger Dillon's branches. But if you are in London, I guess,
you will want to browse those thirty odd independant book shops in the
Charing Cross Road...no coffee there, but the fashionable Dome 
(with its £5, 3 course lunch and wine at £1 a glass) is only at the 
bottom of the road, and Soho is not far either...

Eric Alan Weinstein
University of London
E.A.Weinstein at qmw.ac.uk