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I wondered as I visited Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz how a city of 55,000 supported two independent bookstores within four blocks of each other with a Borders plopped in between them — almost a bookstore for each block of this quaint street. It’s easier to understand once you visit them, Bookshop Santa Cruz and Logos Books and Records have distinct personalities and Borders, well, is Borders, I didn’t need any magazines so I didn’t stop there. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: book club, California, California bookstore, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz bookstore, unique, used books
Outside of bookstores, I’m not much of a shopper. The kids know that Dad is the one who takes them to the mall to wander around shopping and I take them only for one specific item, barking “we’re in a hurry, try this on, meet me at the cash register.” The exception is when we are on vacation. The first year the kids were old enough to realize this vacation transformation, they were shocked as I stopped in every little store on a twisted alley in Santorini trying on clothes and bargaining for art. My son said “Mom’s lost her mind.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Alaska, Alaska bookstore, Juneau, Juneau bookstore, unique
I loved the atmosphere of The Book Works the moment I rounded the corner and looked in the door; it immediately felt cozy and warm. My eyes darted all over, to the dark bookcases and tables full of books, the old wooden carousel horse hanging from the ceiling, the framed pictures, the colorful pottery, and the painted wood items scattered throughout the store. It is a cross between a store and a reader’s home. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: California, California bookstore, Del Mar, Del Mar bookstore, San Diego, San Diego bookstore, unique
I grew up in Palm Springs, CA where the temperature is over 100 degrees multiple months of the year. So, opposite to the East coast winter season but under the same theory, the summer season meant hours staying out of the weather and reading. When we recently drove to Scottsdale, AZ for my daughter and I to attend a program at Taliesin West and the boys to golf, I felt the oppressive heat before I stepped out of the air-conditioned car. But knowing that reading helped me survive the summers, I suspected a good bookstore was in the area, and I was right. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Arizona, Arizona bookstore, book club, mystery, Scottsdale, Scottsdale bookstore, small press, unique
Every year I go to Bend, Oregon with several friends for a girls’ weekend. We sit in our pjs long into the day, eat well (very well) and hike. Once over the weekend we clean up and go into town. We eat French fries and pine nut tart at Merenda and then head over to The Book Barn. Read the rest of this entry »
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