Comments on: Speak up and tell us http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/speak-up-and-tell-us/ glueing places back together, connecting people with place Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Carter http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/speak-up-and-tell-us/#comment-166 Carter Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:52:30 +0000 http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/?p=779#comment-166 hey Dulce, have you been to Pura Belleza Coffee & Art? It's on 21xx N. Western, it's really, really nice. Good selection of reasonably priced food, fantastic ambience (the artwork is really great), we went there while taking breaks during a recording session last weekend, if it was walking distance from me I'd be a regular for sure. Carter hey Dulce, have you been to Pura Belleza Coffee & Art? It’s on 21xx N. Western, it’s really, really nice. Good selection of reasonably priced food, fantastic ambience (the artwork is really great), we went there while taking breaks during a recording session last weekend, if it was walking distance from me I’d be a regular for sure.

Carter

]]> By: Dulce http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/speak-up-and-tell-us/#comment-165 Dulce Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:08:16 +0000 http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/?p=779#comment-165 This was very cool! I, also, came up with FOOD as my business option. Probably because I really enjoy trying new foods. I love fusion, so my Eating Concept is like a CAFE, with gourmet treats that are affordable, but a fusion of different cultures. NOthing would be served that was not a mix of two different types of food. The setting would be elegant, yet Urban and trendy. Homey feeling too. It is a CAFE of sorts and MUST serve coffee...made correctly (Like Cafe con Leche's coffee....a little on the darker side and very HOT! .... disclaimers will be posted to avoid another McDonald's lawsuit) It is the type of place you will come to listen to World Music and relax and leave feeling refreshed and accomplished. A portion of profit will be donated to a charitable cause monthly. They will not serve alcohol but it will be listed as a BYOB. Name tags will be handed out at the door, so people get to know each other, if they frequent it often and be able to call each other by name. Okay, gotta go but my mind is still racing. <blockquote>Dulce: Sounds like a place I would frequent. I think it's a good fit for the neighborhood too. ~ Lynn This was very cool!
I, also, came up with FOOD as my business option.
Probably because I really enjoy trying new foods.

I love fusion, so my Eating Concept is like a CAFE, with gourmet treats that are affordable, but a fusion of different cultures. NOthing would be served that was not a mix of two different types of food.

The setting would be elegant, yet Urban and trendy. Homey feeling too.
It is a CAFE of sorts and MUST serve coffee…made correctly (Like Cafe con Leche’s coffee….a little on the darker side and very HOT! …. disclaimers will be posted to avoid another McDonald’s lawsuit)

It is the type of place you will come to listen to World Music and relax and leave feeling refreshed and accomplished. A portion of profit will be donated to a charitable cause monthly.

They will not serve alcohol but it will be listed as a BYOB.

Name tags will be handed out at the door, so people get to know each other, if they frequent it often and be able to call each other by name.

Okay, gotta go but my mind is still racing.

Dulce: Sounds like a place I would frequent. I think it’s a good fit for the neighborhood too. ~ Lynn

]]> By: Kate http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/speak-up-and-tell-us/#comment-126 Kate Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:43:43 +0000 http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/?p=779#comment-126 I was at the Azucar restaurant last night and overheard the owner talking about how they opened because there was a need for more things for local people to do locally and I thought about all of the errands I can take care of locally and this conversation seems to fit that and what cannot be done locally. Yes: Art shows and spaces. Concert venues Food: Buona Terra, Taqueria Moran, El Cid, Sol Del Sur, Lula, Streetside, Friendship Chinese, Spice, Charley Thai, Rustik, and Hachi’s Kitchen. Wow. The diversity of restaurants is really wonderful. Urban Belly just opened. Provenance? So great. The farmer’s market is great. The Food Coop is EAGERLY awaited. Apparel: Wolf Bait and the B girls and the few thrifts are all I need. Okay, Target for other things. What’s missing? A nice bookstore and record store. Wouldn’t that be great? The library and the newspaper places by the els are nice, but I am eager for more. Decent pizza. I like Dunlay’s pizza and the Spanish pizzas at Azucar, but takeaway pies… A new year round pool. Public school support. A bigger library. CALFORNIA EL station revamped. Okay, now I am off topic (and dreaming) What would you like to see? <blockquote>Kate: Great contributions to the conversation about the commercial revitalization of Milwaukee Ave. and Logan Square. Have you ever been to the pool at Koz Park? I just wrote about it over at Examiner.com: "<a title="Examiner.com/Chicago article "The Phelps phactor"" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-606-Logan-Square-Examiner~y2008m8d26-The-Phelps-Phactor" rel="nofollow">The Phelps phactor</a>." Hope you'll give the innovation exercise here a try as well. Sometimes we don't even know what might make a great business or serve our needs. ~ Lynn I was at the Azucar restaurant last night and overheard the owner talking about how they opened because there was a need for more things for local people to do locally and I thought about all of the errands I can take care of locally and this conversation seems to fit that and what cannot be done locally.

Yes:

Art shows and spaces.

Concert venues

Food: Buona Terra, Taqueria Moran, El Cid, Sol Del Sur, Lula, Streetside, Friendship Chinese, Spice, Charley Thai, Rustik, and Hachi’s Kitchen. Wow. The diversity of restaurants is really wonderful. Urban Belly just opened. Provenance? So great.

The farmer’s market is great.

The Food Coop is EAGERLY awaited.

Apparel: Wolf Bait and the B girls and the few thrifts are all I need. Okay, Target for other things.

What’s missing?

A nice bookstore and record store. Wouldn’t that be great? The library and the newspaper places by the els are nice, but I am eager for more.

Decent pizza. I like Dunlay’s pizza and the Spanish pizzas at Azucar, but takeaway pies…

A new year round pool.

Public school support.

A bigger library.

CALFORNIA EL station revamped. Okay, now I am off topic (and dreaming)

What would you like to see?

Kate: Great contributions to the conversation about the commercial revitalization of Milwaukee Ave. and Logan Square. Have you ever been to the pool at Koz Park? I just wrote about it over at Examiner.com: “The Phelps phactor.”

Hope you’ll give the innovation exercise here a try as well. Sometimes we don’t even know what might make a great business or serve our needs. ~ Lynn

]]> By: ace http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/speak-up-and-tell-us/#comment-122 ace Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:31:17 +0000 http://peoplingplaces.wordpress.com/?p=779#comment-122 a bakery that makes yummy 1, pink 15, glamorous 2 treats a bakery that makes yummy 1, pink 15, glamorous 2 treats

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