Hello from A Novel Idea!

[matrixrefugee]

One of the best-kept secrets I've been sitting on lately is the bookstore-cafe that was opening our town. We've had a history of this town eating bookstores: there have been two that have opened in holes in the wall in various strip malls, but which shut down after a couple of years due to falling business. I have high hopes for this one: it's a stand alone in a historic house on the main road, so it's likely to do well.

It's officially a bookstore-cafe now: they have a writer banging away on a laptop in the cafe. free wi-fi for the win. The staff is very friendly and helpful -- just bought two Doctor Who tie-in novels and the clerk at the register turned out to be a fan; the cafe manager has a voice that sounds absurdly like Neil Gaiman's minus the British accent (and the chai tea is to *die* for).

Only downside: it is *NOISY* in here, but it is opening day, so everyone who's been dying for a bookstore in town is likely here.