Is it reasonable to plan to meet up with an old friend and hang out in Davis for an afternoon? I know that it's a college town, so it seems to me that there will be places to eat, walk around, etc. Ideas and input would be appreciated?

Davis is a university town. Yes, there are places to eat... been there visiting my son... don't remember anything else. Sacramento is close, and to "hang out" I'd rather go there.

Where should my friend I meet? One of us is driving from quite far away, so time of arrival may be tricky...Would love somewhere to meet where the one waiting could sit and read and relax. Any help is appreciated.

There's a restaurant in Davis named Konditorei...it's an authentic Austrian pastry cafe...they bake delicious breads, pastries, cakes, etc....you can sit and relax with your friend and enjoy the food...it's on 5th Street...there's also the Village Bakery on Second Street which bakes artisan breads, muffins, scones, and pastries...they also make pizza and you can get it by the slice...it's not New York style but the onion and olive is very good.

My daughter goes to school at UC Davis and we just spent a week there getting her packed up for a trip; Davis is like a mid-western farm town, small, quiet with very few "party" joints (they're all in a row down by the train station!) The students there seem very serious compared to say UC Santa Barbara but there are plenty of places to hang out and eat in the small downtown area between the train station and the university. But overall a very low-key place. Parents, a great place for an education!

(This may give you an idea of this guy's POV)

Author: David N Cook [email protected])Date: 08/01/2002, 10:34 pm Message: PS, great letter in today's LATimes in response to the article I mentioned earlier; an ex-resident of SF was disgusted upon his return for a visit by the hordes of agressive panhandlers seemingly on every streetcorner. He longed for a disciplinarian mayor for SF who would clean house ala Rudy Giuliani of NYC; fat chance that the people who do all the voting in the City (limosine liberals and armies of welfare recipients) would vote for anyone other than a career pol like downtown Willie Brown who tells everone what they want to hear and has made his fortune pigging out at the public trough!