Bookstores

I have been in love with books from the time I escaped my 8th grade hell into the world of Dune*. I don't remember any bookstores at home in buffalo ,well maybe one but, it was nothing like walking into Barnes &Nobles my first time.
The first time I walked into the Berkley B&N, I was blown away by the water fountain in the middle of the store. The atmosphere was warm and inviting.
Every Saturday I was not on the ship I would ride the train down get hot coco and a fresh bagels at my favorite bagel shop, Then spend the day reading. When I ended up on the East Coast I missed that feeling of B&N when I went into a bookstore. Then I found one on Virginia Beach Blvd.
Over the 10 years here some of the staff have become like family. There are a few others in the area but each B&N is different. If I don't get that feeling I won't go back. We have moved to what I call the ass end of Va Beach, a wrong turn can end you up in Pongo or Sandbridge. Well there is only Borders and Books a Million there. It's now a 20min drive to my B&N. I still go but not as often as I once did.
I am usually disappointed when I go to a bookstore and they lack that feeling of welcome but one day when I was entirely to early for work and dropped in the new B&N in Hampton where the coliseum mall use to be I get that welcoming feeling. I know have a place close to work to call my 2nd home.
(at least one beside work)

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My Favorite Bars

Well tonight I am at Kegans. One of my all time favorite bars from Town center. They opened one close to home thank G-d. It has been a place for me to go when I have felt alone and need company. It's nice to go to a place where they know you when you wall in. Yes just like cheers. Of course being one of the few black people at the bar on a regular helps. Tonight for the first time I am watching UFC fight. Adding that to the list of things I can talk to the guys at work about Sunday.

Well needless to say there are all types of people in the bar. I was sitting next to a older couple who could not understand the need for the level of violence in the UFC they preferred baseball or some other sport. I could could deal with that. nice people. What made me crazy was the A typical gaggle of college age maybe a bit older of women next to me.

I have never been one for the giggle girl fluff converstions. Now not to say There have not been fine ass men I did not drool over but for the love of G-d himself not like them. They where with there boyfriends but they all sat by me and the guys at a table watching the fight.

I got to hear about how they would pay 1million dollars to sleep with some movie star and how she had her Bloody Marys at 8am . giggle giggle ( Ugg) Then I hear look they are all over there they dodnt care... I looked over to see the guys ingrossed in the fight and back at them as they went into the girly foo foo mode and I wanted hurl, so I went home.

I have come to relized that I have more guy tendencis than I thought. I don't see the reasoning behind what some or most women think or do and find some of it a waste of energy. Hmmm the guys at my job don't ask me what I think from a womens point of view much anymore cause my answer is not typical.. I have been Labled the Rare Unicoren by the guys I nwowrk with maybe I am...

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