Community Plug – Third Place Books

From their website:

The Story of Third Place Books

Sociologist Ray Oldenberg's book The Great Good Place suggests that to lead a rewarding life, each of us needs three places. First is the home. Second is the workplace or school. Beyond lies the place where people from all walks of life and all social levels interact, experiencing and celebrating their commonality as well as their diversity. It is a third place.

Welcome to Third Place Books--the deliberate and intentional creation of a community of booklovers, a fun, comfortable and safe place to browse, linger, lounge, relax, read, eat, laugh, play, talk, listen and just watch the world go by.
We invite you to make Third Place Books your third place.


It is a wonderful community gathering place in Lake Forest Park, WA, Third Place Books, with five restaurants. My current favorite is Honey Bear Bakery cause I love their Bacon Lettuce Tomato & Avocado sandwich with aioli dressing. Good quality food.

They offer lectures & book signing by visiting authors. They have hosted such people as Deepak Chopra, Paul McCartney, Alan Alda, Judy Collins, Larry Dossey, Dr. Phil as well as many local authors.

Friday & Saturday nights they have free live music. There is a dance floor. They bring a diverse array of bands from folk, jazz, rock, swing. If you want to feel things are right in the world, Friday nights at Third Place Books is a good place to be. There are some awesome local dancers to watch as well as listen to the bands.

Everyday for kids and those of us artistically inclined, there is large roll of brown "butcher" place ready to have a piece torn off, and large tub of crayons to go with us. There is, also, a large chessboard with pieces two foot or so high.

And then there is the free wireless

Thank you, Third Place Books, you have created a comfortable and comforting community.

Since it's Friday, you'll mostly like find me there tonight enjoying the music and celebratory feeling.

I AM BLESSED

I was feeling very stressed this morning as the novelty of having less hours to work translates to a major loss of income. The word shattered keeps popping into my head. My plans to move thwarted as now I won't qualify income wise for either the apartments I was looking at nor the bigger more precarious plan of buying a condo. Then I have to think if my plans are shattered that easily how solid were they to begin with. If I really want to move, I probably qualify for low income housing. And I am missing seeing a friend who is taking some well deserved time for self-nourishment and replenishment.

With the temperature in my apartment at 80 degrees, and the NW standard of no air conditioner, it was a great time to go out for body and soul. As I am still far from the frugal person I may become, I had a wonderful lunch at one of my favorite places, PCC Natural Food Market, and took a jaunt down to Marine Park in Edmonds.

There was a satisfying, cool breeze blowing in from the south. However, I was not the only one with the idea of enjoying such a prime location. The shady places were all inhabited. After luxuriating with ample breeze, gorgeous sound views on a wonderfully supportive bench, I could feel the beginning of the sun burning my skin. I turned tail back to the car, and on to the next exciting hunt for cool.

An easy pick. Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park, WA is just the place. Again, I'm not alone here. It is an intended community gathering place, large roomy, wooden tables, free wireless internet, books new and used, and a food court. Could I want for more? Well, maybe a couch & TV.

Still a little dejected, checking Twitter. To my utter delight and amazement, the number 1 trending topic at the moment #Iamblessed. It is so exciting to see this instant messaging system used this way. What a mood shifter, and opportunity to remember and here the truth about what's right in the world. I left the site only now as the server timed out (I imagine from the larger response). I will go back to participate in being thankful as I am blessed, very blessed.