Going (weird) places

eleonorang

As freelancers, we may like (or need) to bring our own work along when we leave the house to travel, to run errands or simply to spend some time in a café surrounded by other human beings.
But while cafés are normally pleasant places to work in, we may have to open our laptop in much weirder, stranger, funnier and possibly uncomfortable locations. Did it ever happen to you? Did you ever think 'OMG this is the last place I thought I'd end up working in'?

I did, actually, and this was last Friday when I landed on my car's backseat for a more comfortable position and opened my planner and laptop to check my inbox and do stuff while I was waiting for my nephew to get out of school ? Based on his face when he reached the car and caught me unaware, I must have looked like a homeless person lol

alyonaxl8

eleonorang I don't know how you do it. I can't work in any place other than my desk at home xD It's difficult for me to even go to another room and work on my laptop, never mind a cafe ?

ninadepalma

I was recently at the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery in DC (an art museum), and in a small corner tucked away on the top floor, there were a couple small tables where people were working on laptops. It wasn't a cafe, but it wasn't exactly part of any exhibit, either. It was almost like a corner of a lobby or hall. And all Smithsonian museums have free wifi, so I guess some people had decided to set up camp there, among sculptures and in a beautiful room, to get some work done. They were definitely visitors and not employees! The thought crossed my mind that if I lived closer to the museum I might find myself there at some point, getting some work done...

eleonorang

? I wonder what that corner was originally set up for? Maybe exactly for this purpose? It must be really uplifting and inspiring to work in a museum, surrounded by artwork... and quiet too!