SCA Life

My Second SCA meeting was very different from my first. But to tell you that story, first I have to tell you this story.

Introducing… The Coffee House Groupies!

In my last Monday Memories, I described how I met a girl named Eideann in my Introduction to Medieval Literature class. Well, Eideann tended to hang out in the UC Davis Coffee House. Attached to the student union and closing off one end of the campus quad, words fail to accurately describe just how enormous and splendid the Coffee House really was and still is. So check out these pictures.

Interior shot opposite the bagel bar, all dressed up for a formal gathering.

Exterior shot showing a small portion of the outdoor dining.

During my days at UCD, the current Coffee House was brand spanking new. It opened in the spring of 1991, my freshman year, and replaced a tiny old building that was hardly bigger than an elevator.

When the new building opened, it featured a pizza bar, salad bar, bagel bar, organic snacks and drinks section, hot food bar, expresso bar, bakery, basic snack shop and much, much, more. It was amazing!

It was a great place to work, too. I was a student employee there for almost two years, and my salary helped to pay my tuition.

Yet, despite the importance of that money, The Coffee House provided me with much more than food and a job. It provided me with a real home away from home: The Coffee House Group!

tbc…

And incidentally, check out my other blog, Housework Hater. You can guess the topic.

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