# WooHoo! I am posting from Red Emma's Bookstore Coffehouse like a Motherfuck. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401 "2005-10-09T14:31:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/1 "2005-10-09T14:31:57Z")
At this moment, I am posting from the Ubuntu linux baised imac in the corner of [Red Emma’s](http://redemmas.org/), a communist/anarchist/bed-wetting liberal bookstore around the corner from Peabodies Conservatory. The Place is all exposed brick, small coffee bar, and a buncha books, though not enough. The menu is mostly coffee (Skip the Mexican-blend.), with just a few snacks. Very nice, very pleasant. Might be a good meeting place. Anyone else see the place? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/2 "2005-10-09T15:23:10Z")
Get your damn commie electrons off this board! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/3 "2005-10-09T15:32:07Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > a communist/anarchist/bed-wetting liberal bookstore […] The menu is mostly coffee (Skip the Mexican-blend.) Unless you wanna wet the bed in stereo. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/4 "2005-10-09T15:38:05Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > At this moment, I am posting from the Ubuntu linux baised imac in the corner of [Red Emma’s](http://redemmas.org/), a communist/anarchist/bed-wetting liberal bookstore around the corner from Peabodies Conservatory. > > The Place is all exposed brick, small coffee bar, and a buncha books, though not enough. The menu is mostly coffee (Skip the Mexican-blend.), with just a few snacks. > > Very nice, very pleasant. Might be a good meeting place. Anyone else see the place? Ya know, ya just can’t find a good Capitalist/Big Gov’t./house-broken Conservative bookstore with good coffee anymore. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/5 "2005-10-10T00:35:18Z")
- - - I am traveling to Dallas/Ft Worth soon to look for a place in the Ft Worth/west area. I bought a laptop with wifi largely for the occasion (had wanted a laptop for a long time, but had no justification). And I have already found the online stuff I need. It’s just that I am somewhat dreading that I’ll go into a coffeehouse to use the wifi and I’ll have to order something, and all they’ll have to drink is _coffee_ , , , , , . . . . .-which I **hate**. - So I am expecting to ask for a glass of coke/pepsi but “we don’t have that”, so I’ll ask for a $5 glass of water and tip the waitress $5, and ask her to bring me another glass of expensive water in a half-hour… ~ ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/6 "2005-10-10T01:03:56Z")
Jeez, that sucks. Have you tried ordering Hot Chocolate, tea, Chai, or a snack. Any would still burn up your wallet, but at least it would not be $5 for a cup of water, when you can buy economy sized jugs/bottles of the stuff for much less. Oh, and I am LOLing about some of the comments made. ---
**Author:** ![Tenar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@Tenar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/7 "2005-10-10T01:10:28Z")
> [@OP](#): > > WooHoo! I am posting from Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffehouse like a Motherfuck. You know, I’ve never seen the word “Motherfuck” in the name of a bookstore/coffeehouse before. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/8 "2005-10-10T01:18:33Z")
> [@DougC](#): > > - > - > - I am traveling to Dallas/Ft Worth soon to look for a place in the Ft Worth/west area. I bought a laptop with wifi largely for the occasion (had wanted a laptop for a long time, but had no justification). And I have already found the online stuff I need. It’s just that I am somewhat dreading that I’ll go into a coffeehouse to use the wifi and I’ll have to order something, and all they’ll have to drink is _coffee_ , , , , , > . . . . .-which I **hate**. > > - So I am expecting to ask for a glass of coke/pepsi but “we don’t have that”, so I’ll ask for a $5 glass of water and tip the waitress $5, and ask her to bring me another glass of expensive water in a half-hour… > ~ Several coffee shops in the area have free Wi-Fi, and all of them have drinks other than coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/9 "2005-10-10T01:23:23Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > You know, I’ve never seen the word “Motherfuck” in the name of a bookstore/coffeehouse before. Yeah, the owner has this kind of obseesion.claim that the story of Oedipus is the most “complete” story of all time, whatever that means. 🙂 **bdgr** , could you please give more details? ---
**Author:** ![John\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@John\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_F)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/10 "2005-10-10T01:32:27Z")
Let me know if you see McNulty, Burrell, or Proposition Joe hanging out in there. If you happen to see Omar, well…sorry bout that. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/11 "2005-10-10T02:24:01Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Very nice, very pleasant. Might be a good meeting place. Anyone else see the place? Can I wear my _Atlas Shrugged_ T-shirt there? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/12 "2005-10-10T03:03:55Z")
I don’t see why you wouldn’t be able to wear such a shirt; unless I didn’t get the joke. In a more mainstream coffee shop, someone might try and berate you for wearing a t-shirt that smacks of philosophical immaturity, but my impression of Emma’s is that the clientele know how idealistic their own views were, and would not try and criticize your views. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/13 "2005-10-10T03:07:32Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > **bdgr** , could you please give more details? well, Since I own one of them, it would be spam to provide more details. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/14 "2005-10-10T04:30:54Z")
Just wanted to say congrats on your 5001st post! You are one prolific motherfucker! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/15 "2005-10-10T09:30:18Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Very nice, very pleasant. Might be a good meeting place. Anyone else see the place? Yeah, i like the joint. Baltimore could do with some more places like that, and i don’t just mean the politics, i mean civilized places to hang out and read or whatever. I’m actually thinking of going down there this Thursday evening for the screening of [The Power of Nightmares](http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,12780,1327904,00.html), a BBC documentary that may not make it to TV or mainstream theaters here in the US. By the way, it’s Peabody, not Peabodies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/16 "2005-10-10T12:20:03Z")
> [@](#): > > …Several coffee shops in the area have free Wi-Fi, and all of them have drinks other than coffee… - - - Tea! It’s tea they have, right? I hate tea too… What is it with suburban hippies wanting to drink dead plants? Is there a dress code? Do I need long hair and birkenstocks or a bad-fitting Nader-suit to enter? Are non-Mac computers allowed? I have a peg-leg and an eye patch, but I can get a tye-dye shirt if it’ll help me blend in… * * * - And heck, you can spam me by email if you want. It’s fairly justifiable. I’ll probably just try the nearest places to wherever I can get a hotel room otherwise. ~ ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/17 "2005-10-10T19:29:44Z")
I didn’t much care for that place when I was there. It’s dark, hot in the summer (no AC), and the coffee wasn’t particularly note-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![groupwbench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6a8cbe/32.png) [@groupwbench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groupwbench)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/18 "2005-10-10T19:44:47Z")
I just recently moved to the Mt. Vernon area and I had been wondering about that place. ScottPlaid thanks for info! I will be checkign the joint out this week now. mhendo: Appreciate the info regarding screenings they do there. I am thinking of going tonight for the “Made in Secret” screening tonight. Quick question though as you appear to be in the know…Is this something you pay a fee to attend or a monthly fee? Or can I just show up? ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-am-posting-from-red-emmas-bookstore-coffehouse-like-a-motherfuck/325401/19 "2005-10-10T19:55:43Z")
Yer welcome. Oh, and IANmhendo, but I can tell you, you just show up for the movies. There is no fee.