Look! It’s a sign! (A little blurry from my camera phone, sorry.)
jb: Recently, I had the absolute luxury of visiting one of my favorite independent bookstores. Bookstores – especially Indie and/or used bookstores – are actually portals that transport me to wonderful, magical lands where all my worries are washed away, time stops, my left brain finally shuts up (or at least quiets down considerably. Getting it to stop may require sedation…) and my right brain reigns supreme. Someday, I’m going to live in an Indie book store…
Unlike the big-box bookstores (which I also enjoy – but, given the choice, I’ll pick an indie or used bookstore first), Indie bookstores just have so much character – such as cats named Isbn that live there or an old fashioned bathtub filled with pillows that you can sit in and read. But most of all, these stores are staffed with people who love, love, love books and are not afraid to show it – like the picture I snapped above, which made me laugh and then add the book to my reading list.
Funny signs (intentional or not) are another of my photography collections. Do you guys have any sign pictures to share? Post them in the comments below; I can’t wait to see. How about favorite bookstores? What makes them special to you?
Love this! I wonder if it is a good book. I don’t have any sign pictures (that I haven’t already shared), but I will keep my eyes peeled. Whatever that means. 😉
Me, too! It’s on my reading list – I’ll let you know when I get to it. (There are a few others ahead of it, though.)
“Eyes peeled” – I remember saying that to my son once and he said “Ewww! That’s disgusting!” That’s the first time I ever thought about how that phrase could be interpreted, especially by someone who recently learned how to peel vegetables -ha!
Oh, jb, this whole paragraph is sooo me, too 🙂 “bookstores portals that transport me to wonderful, magical lands where all my worries are washed away, time stops, my left brain finally shuts up (or at least quiets down considerably. Getting it to stop may require sedation…)”
I recently took a picture of a fun sign at a terrace my friends and I have drinks on. It says “Chopper parking only, all others will be crushed” *laughing*
I’ll link to it when I have it uploaded.
Yay! I knew I wasn’t the only person who knew that bookstores were magical portals and signs are hilarious! Thanks for letting me know you’re in the club. 🙂
You inspired me to add my sign to the latest blog post, and it seems to go well with my saying bye while going on a little hiatus.
As promised, here’s the link 🙂
http://estrella05azul.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/hiatus-time/
What a great sign picture! I love the contrast between the “all others will be crushed” and the beautiful flowers and bicycle next to it, too. Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful vacation!