Barnes and Noble - Citplace Baton Rouge -90’s edition

I went back today just for memories. I didn’t know it closed relocated. I had so many memories in that place in the 90’s. I was getting my career started and that would be like my 2nd home at lunch and sometimes weekends.

I could remember getting me a Starbucks coffee, finding a bunch of self-help books, take the escalator upstairs and looking at the murals of historical authors on the wall and then just escape.

The new location just doesn’t have that feeling.

You can never go back but I’m glad I was there.

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Posted by idlewatcher

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Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:32 pm to davidsheroes

Used to work there as seasonal help (along with the shithole Jason’s Deli). Hated both jobs.

Anywho - one day the manager who I became buds with asked me to take 10 boxes of someone’s books to Laffy to get signed by the author. I’m from Houston so didn’t really know the famous photographers etc.

So I take the books in B&N Laffy right before closing and tell the Laffy manager I’m here to get these books signed. Take them to the guy and we start talking and talking and talking (kinda like this story

) while he is signing them. After I loaded the books back in the car for the return back to BR, it’s the author who asked if I wanted to grab something to eat. It was late and I hadn’t eaten and said sure.

It was C.C. Lockwood. Such a cool mofo he is. Was honored to have had that special time with such a talented dude.

ETA: Jason’s Deli can suck a bag of dirty d*cks.

This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 8:33 pm

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