This blog is written on the road for the first time in its very short history! I am sitting in Barnes and Noble at the Mall of Georgia, outside of Atlanta. We are here on the proverbial College Road Trip (see Dancing Thru Her Daddy’s World for that!), and David and I nabbed a couple of hours free this afternoon. We spent an amazing lunch with our friends Scott and Natalie and Silas, where I was once more reminded of the unchanging nature of true friendship! When we sit down with Scott and Natalie, there is never enough time to catch up and move ahead! Scott, by the way, revealed one of his personal habits to us that is also one of my little quirks: taking pictures of books in bookstores that he wants to remember for later. What a memory saver I’ve found that to be…can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen an intriguing book only to have to try to recreate the section of the bookstore I was browsing in order to find it again! So Scott and I were able to pull out our phones, scroll through pictures, and launch a great conversation! Is that a little like pulling out baby pictures only different?

After lunch we found another coffee spot, called the Sunshine Cafe. Interesting. Espresso in a basement room that smells like chinese food. The espresso was oddly good.

Which brings me to now: sitting in a bay window over PF Chang’s watching the world go by on an overcast Georgia day. I’m noticing once again that there is a common coffee shop culture of which I am a part. The cast of characters changes from my “home office” in  Palm Beach Gardens, but they are all eerily familiar nonetheless. I love my little coffee shop world! I feel at home surrounded by coffee and books, and the people who love them both.

Thanks, Scott and Nat, for a great lunch and a whole new stack of books to photograph!