Last week was my friend Larissa's 10th year anniversary at the Concordia University Community Solidarity Coop Bookstore. Congratulations Larissa! The first time I met Larissa was the first time I went to the coop bookstore. It was after a so-so job interview and I was feeling slightly dejected. So I decided to go in there and look for Pat Califia's Public Sex: Speaking Sex to Power. As Larissa likes to remind me, I was wearing a yellow shirt that day and a World Wildlife Fund tie with pandas on it. At the time, the coop bookstore was in the basement of the Concordia Hall building and I remember feeling that mild aprehension I would (and still) get when trying something new. It didn't help that I was the only customer at the time but Larissa made me feel right at home and we chit-chatted about a number of things (including my tie and Pat Califia) and I had a feeling we'd become friends.
Since then, and though it's since moved to an awesome brownstone location on Bishop street, I've regularly turned to the coop bookstore for many of my reading needs. Congratulations Larissa! Thanks for holding the fort down!
