“It is what I call a ‘third place,’ a setting beyond home and work (the ‘first’ and ‘second’ places respectively) in which people relax in good company and do so on a regular basis.”

Ray Oldenburg, Celebrating the Third Place

I have always sought out these third places, both in my hometown of Charlotte, NC and the places that I visit.

If you enter a beautiful space - bookstore, coffee shop, library - and pause to inhale the essence of the place - then welcome. You are my kind of people.

Let me share some of my favorite spaces and places with you.