Writes & Bites: Capital One Café and making the time to write

Illustration by Char Gossage Welcome to Writes & Bites — a series where creative writing MFA student Arianna Gundlach reviews a cool writing spot in New York City and tackles a writing topic that’s been weighing on your mind. This week, we look at Capital One Café located at 853 Broadway, overlooking Union Square Park. Hello, budding readers and writers. I’ve been expecting you. Hope you haven’t missed me too much, as Writes & Bites has switched from biweekly to monthly this semester (nothing to do with you, dear readers). But I couldn’t stay away from you too long. Getting back into the semester is tough — always having somewhere to be and something to do. Every minute of your time feels occupied, even on the weekends. Maybe it’s even gotten to the point where you have to “schedule” downtime. This semester is the busiest I’ve ever been at The New School, and I’ve had to prioritize more than ever. But we have to make the most of it — starting with where we’re spending our time. The New School doesn’t provide the homiest of spaces, and not all of us live close enough where we can walk to a campus building every day. However, despite not having a traditional closed campus experience, perhaps we have something better. Our campus becomes the cafés, bookstores, parks, and public libraries of the city. And having the city as your campus can be exciting if you know where to look. Peel yourself from your bed, pack a bag of need-to-work necessities, and head toward Union Square Park. On the corner of 14th Street and Broadway, you’ll find the Capital One Café. The café is a few steps from the 14th Street-Union Square subway station and next door to Max Brenner, the chocolate restaurant. A prime spot if you ask me. Now, do not be dissuaded by the word “bank.” Unlike the sterile Citibank across the street, Capital One is more than an ATM vestibule. (That said, you do have to walk through a vestibule to get to the café). You don’t need […]

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