being in a bookstore

The best response to: How do you make friends?

Recently three of my good friends moved to different states (sob), so I’ve been on the hunt for new neighborhood ladies to hang out with. Making friends is no joke! How have you bonded with people in the past? One thing I’ve found that seems to help loosen things up is doing an activity together. Here are a few ideas…

1. Browse a bookstore. What is it about bookstores that slips all the weight off your shoulders? “On the morning I was to be married in New York, I went to a bookstore, as I always did in moments of crisis or bliss,” Adam Gopnik wrote in At the Stranger’s Gate. Browse the aisles, pick up books and read each other lines, and recommend your favorites.

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