North DeKalb Mall Parking Lot, DeKalb County, GA (pic submitted by Julie)

Tomorrow’s News Today is reporting details in the recently report closure of 80 Caribou Coffee stores across the country.  The ABC article that we linked to yesterday only said that the coffee shop was retreating from Georgia and didn’t offer details as to which locations would simply close up and which would be converted to Peet’s Coffee Shops.  Well Eli’s got the scoop, as usual…

I was able to learn the locations that will close entirely and based on my own experience and knowledge of the areas, at least two surprised me. Caribou’s North Druid Hills at LaVista Roads location, near Toco Hills as well as their Norcross location at The Forum, are both slated for closure April 14th. The Toco Hills location shares a former Pollo Tropical with Einstein Bros. Bagels, and despite competition from literally all sides (Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks, Bagel Palace, Goldberg’s, Atlanta Coffee Roasters), seemed to always be busy.

Also, I can’t show it here because it’s copyrighted, but I found this cute pic on Flickr of all the coffee shop signs at that LaVista/N. Druid intersection that I thought I’d share.

Obituaries

Film critic Roger Ebert (1940-2013), author of Life Itself (2011), the most strikingly candid and one of the most enjoyable memoirs I’ve ever read.

Peter Workman (1938-2013), founder of the very successful publishing house.

Scott Turow, who is alive and well, on The Slow Death of the American Author.

It’s National Poetry Month

Did you know that Mark Twain wrote poetry?

This Week

Rob Weintraub, Decatur resident and author of The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball’s Golden Age, Monday, April 15th at 7:15pm, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book.

Sheri Joseph, Georgia State professor and author of Where You Can Find Me, Tuesday, April 16th at 7:15pm, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book.

Bob Dotson, author of American Story: A Lifetime Search for Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, Wednesday, April 17th at 7pm, Jimmy Carter Library, sponsored by Georgia Center for the Book.

The Love and Death Tour featuring Lauren Oliver, author of the Delirium trilogy, Lauren Morrill, author of Meant to Be, and Lenore Appelhan, author of Level Two, Wednesday, April 17th at 7pm, Little Shop of Stories.