About

Welcome to the companion blog to Erie’s Meta Cafe. What is Meta Cafe? We should probably start with the definition of meta:

Meta

(from Greek: μετά = “after”, “beyond”, “with”), is a prefix used in English in order to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.
A prefix meaning a later, more comprehensive, transcending, or more highly organized version of something.
beyond or after; metamorphosis

In a sense, Meta Cafe is all of those things. It’s a place for us to connect, to dialogue, to hang out. It’s part coffee house, part wi-fi lounge. But it’s also so much more than that. It’s a place to feel comfortable. It’s what happens when the virtual space intersects with the actual here and now. It’s cafe 2.o.

This blog serves as a virtual home for Grace Church’s Meta Cafe, located in Erie, Pennsylvania. From it, you can find out the normal opening and closing times of the cafe, and see blog entries and pictures of our events. This will also be the launch pad for monthly topics of discussion for those who visit Meta Cafe. So go ahead–grab a drink, have a seat, and relax.