Watching Someone Read One of My Books, Interesting

At the Crystal City 2600 Crystal Drive Starbucks I saw a guy reading Suki I just a little while ago. Was interesting, bordering on thrilling, as I glanced his direction and saw him turn a page with a look of interest on his face. He read it for several minutes.  I never anticipated any thoughts or feelings I might have if I saw someone reading one of my books.

Looks like others enjoyed Suki With A Twist: Part One and Suki IV: Finally A Vacation enough to walk away with them.

The Concord Starbucks, as it is known currently, is the one that inspired #OpBookDrop by Ami Hendrickson, on Twitter.  Actually, that man was reading the book that I left that day. It is also a location in Suki I that the couple visits on an early date. The pictures below are recent at that location.

"Cafe with the fireplace" from "Suki I", where John and Suki relax the morning after their first date.
I have the location loosely described as two blocks away "near 28th Street" in 2030s Crystal City.

The fireplace in "Cafe with the fireplace" from "Suki I", where John and Suki relax the morning after their first date.
I have the location loosely described as two blocks away "near 28th Street" in 2030s Crystal City.
In the right side of the picture, on the table between the fireplace and the man with his legs crossed, can be seen copies of "Suki I" and "Suki With A Twist: Part One." Noted on Twitter under #OpBookDrop (operation book drop).

Photos of other locations from the books and other area pictures are here.

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Crystal City Restaurant (CCR) South 23rd & Eades, Arlington, VA 22202

Crystal City Restaurant, Arlington, VA 22202

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This is "The Restaurant" from all of the Suki novels. In the 2030s it has gone through several expansions and covers the entire block, with a multi-level parking garage behind it (occupied by a CVS in the 2010s).

This location is referred to in both the original Suki series and the new "Suki With A Twist" series as "The Restaurant". Cinful is the waitress whenever the couple stops there (at least once in each of the four original series books).
John and Suki have an erotic lunch there in "Suki III: Never Let Us End."

This is "The Restaurant" from all of the Suki novels. In the 2030s it has gone through several expansions and covers the entire block, with a multi-level parking garage behind it (occupied by a CVS in the 2010s).

"The Restaurant" is mentioned in the first three Suki adult romance novels, Suki mentioned it in her fan fiction story, Suki: Settling the Score and it is mentioned in Suki With A Twist: Part One. The only waitress at this location named in the books, Cinful, is a fictional character from the 2030s, but a real dancer from the Crystal City Restaurant (the inspiration for the fictional location) talked me into naming a character after her.

In Suki I, Jung and Cinful talk about The Restaurant while Jung has a Scotch at The Sports Pub.  Cindy, the name she goes by as a waitress, mentions to Jung that she will be dancing at The Restaurant soon.

Suki II takes place mostly in Suki's apartment. The couple does not have an opportunity to go there in that book.

In Suki's fan fiction story, Suki: Settling The Score, the Suki character tries to get an extra job there. In Suki III: Never Let Us End, Suki treats John to lunch there.  Later two women, impersonating entertainers, engage John while Suki and the bartender are in the ladies room.  They later attack John and Suki in John's shop down the street and Suki saves the day.

In Suki With A Twist: Part One, Suki offers John her contract of "formal submission", a ritual in the future Domination/submission erotic play world of the 2030s.

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Crystal City Water Park, 1700 Block of Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202

Not long after meeting John in Suki I, a stranger offers to light Suki's cigarette near here. The water park is one of Suki's favorite spots in Arlington and she hopes to have her wedding ceremony here one day, if she ever finds a man who wants a Libertarian wedding (no wedding license).

A park that Suki enjoys in the first Suki series. She walks past this park between her apartment and work at her mother's office at 23rd and Crystal Drive.

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