http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/ancienne-belgique-rocks/ and I mean it Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:03:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/ancienne-belgique-rocks/#comment-30294 Countdown to no smoking | blog.forret.com Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:41:10 +0000 http://peter.smoothouse.com/2006/02/28/ancienne-belgique-rocks/#comment-30294 [...] Just in case you forgot: less than a dozen days to go before the smoking ban in Belgian restaurants. What was only possible in places like the AB resto or Bar Bik, will then be the norm: no one spoiling your food with cigarette smoke! Follow the countdown here! Belgium horeca restaurants resto smokingThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] […] Just in case you forgot: less than a dozen days to go before the smoking ban in Belgian restaurants. What was only possible in places like the AB resto or Bar Bik, will then be the norm: no one spoiling your food with cigarette smoke! Follow the countdown here! Belgium horeca restaurants resto smokingThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. […]

]]> http://blog.forret.com/2006/02/ancienne-belgique-rocks/#comment-425 peter.forret.com » Blog Archive » REQ: more “BEING SPACES” in Brussels Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:34:22 +0000 http://peter.smoothouse.com/2006/02/28/ancienne-belgique-rocks/#comment-425 [...] Anyone who often works at home is probably familiar with this: sometimes you would like to work somewhere else to finish something undisturbed, to see some people while you work instead of just the PC and the refrigerator, to have a meeting in a pleasant location, to be in another environment. I often do some work at the Recyclart or the AB Café, and almost always I’m the only nomadic worker there. Both places are cosy and have free Wifi, but they’re not real offices: there is no printer, no meeting room, no water cooler. And since I don’t pay for the accommodation, I feel obliged to order stuff. When I’m hungry, that’s OK, when I’m not, drinking 3 coffees in a row transforms my ADD into ADHD . I would be glad to pay something between €50 to 100 per month to have a place in Brussels where I can drop by anytime, get some work done (wifi, printer, fax, meeting room, beamer) and maybe have some stimulating conversation with other people present. So when I read about “BEING SPACES”, it really struck home: (…) urban dwellers are trading their lonely, cramped living rooms for the real-life buzz of BEING SPACES: commercial living-room-like settings, where catering and entertainment aren’t just the main attraction, but are there to facilitate small office/living room activities like watching a movie, reading a book, meeting friends and colleagues, or doing your admin. from trendwatching [...] […] Anyone who often works at home is probably familiar with this: sometimes you would like to work somewhere else to finish something undisturbed, to see some people while you work instead of just the PC and the refrigerator, to have a meeting in a pleasant location, to be in another environment. I often do some work at the Recyclart or the AB Café, and almost always I’m the only nomadic worker there. Both places are cosy and have free Wifi, but they’re not real offices: there is no printer, no meeting room, no water cooler. And since I don’t pay for the accommodation, I feel obliged to order stuff. When I’m hungry, that’s OK, when I’m not, drinking 3 coffees in a row transforms my ADD into ADHD . I would be glad to pay something between €50 to 100 per month to have a place in Brussels where I can drop by anytime, get some work done (wifi, printer, fax, meeting room, beamer) and maybe have some stimulating conversation with other people present. So when I read about “BEING SPACES”, it really struck home: (…) urban dwellers are trading their lonely, cramped living rooms for the real-life buzz of BEING SPACES: commercial living-room-like settings, where catering and entertainment aren’t just the main attraction, but are there to facilitate small office/living room activities like watching a movie, reading a book, meeting friends and colleagues, or doing your admin. from trendwatching […]

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