Little Rock and Barnes and Noble... My Favorite Places

Just like Laura (and I'll go ahead and assume it will be the same for other students as well), I couldn't just pick one place! I honestly could write a novel about all my favorite places, but I thought I'd narrow it down to just two! So, here are two of my favorite places.

Little Rock, Arkansas. One of my absolute favorite places in the entire world is my grandparent's house in Little Rock, Arkansas. At a very young age and even still to this day, I feel the immediate excitement that bubbles to the surface whenever my parents say we're going to visit my Nana and Poppy.

 

(Image Information: personal photo of my
grandparent's home; photo from November 25, 2016.)

I love everything about their quaint little home. To the little mountain their house sits in the side of, to the white paint and light blue accents, to the small front porch with a swing, It's exactly what most people would expect a sweet elderly couple to live in. There is even a large oak tree out front, complete with a hanging tire swing at the end of the long steep driveway. 

(Photo by Nicol Cavalcanti)

I think what I love the most about my grandparent's house, is that it never fails to feel like home. My grandparents are always in the driveway waiting, with smiles on their faces, ready to greet us before we even get out of our car, and there's always a large and overdone meal waiting for us in the kitchen. You don't ever visit the home of Betty and Bobby Tinkle without leaving ten pounds heavier, and without feeling completely loved and cared for.

Barnes and Noble. Barnes and Noble in Norman is my zen place, my second home. I know this may seem super silly, but everything about Barnes and Noble makes me so happy! I've always loved warm atmospheres, books, and coffee, and luckily, Barnes and Noble has all of these things! 

(Image Information: personal photo of Barnes and Noble
in Norman; photo from August 20, 2020.)

I've been going to the Barnes and Noble in Norman regularly for about three years now. I discovered it as one of the best study spots during the second half of my freshman year at OU and I've never looked back! I actually go to Barnes and Noble so regularly that the staff addresses me by my first name and the baristas at the cafe have my coffee order memorized! 

(Image Information: personal photo of the inside of
Barnes and Noble; photo from August 20, 2020.)

Have you ever heard the popular saying, "If I'm not at home, at work, or in class, you can probably find me at ...."? Well, this saying has proven true for me time and time again, because my best friends know that If they can't find me at home in our apartment, then I'm probably at Barnes and Noble. 

I'm always in such a good mood when I'm at Barnes and Noble. Being surrounded by such amazing works of literature, the smell of coffee in the air, It's so refreshing and never fails to boost my creativity levels. I have to raise my dozens of tattered and very used books to Laura on this one because I too, am a bookaholic!