I went to Georgia last week. My perception for the most part of how things would look when I got there didn't match up with the reality. I found that fact very interesting. I had looked and read about both Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia. We went to most places on my Georgia bucket list and yet we really didn't as these places were not the places I envisioned.
What makes a person romanticize somewhere they have never been?
Georgia didn't disappoint me however as she has so many beautiful people and places to visit. They were just not what I had pictured. Well with the exception of one. The Book Tavern in Augusta was better than my 'mental picture'. The gentleman (glasses, a beard and thin) who owned and worked there made that site! He was exactly what you'd expect! Very knowledgeable about his collection. He talked to everyone in his own quiet reserved way. He had a wide selection of his craft and I just knew that when I looked to see if he had my recommended selection, Willa Cather's 'Death Comes for the Archbishop', it would be on his shelf!
What more could I require from this used/new bookstore?
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