Aw, Hec, that's great. I've never had a used bookstore like my favorite since. It was run by a Cool Dad that brought his daughter in there all the time. But a new one has opened I think. And of course Changing Hands, Lefty Mecca.
Xander: Am I right, Giles? Giles: I'm almost certain you're not. Though, to be fair, I haven't been
listening.
'Sleeper'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
erikaj - Apr 19, 2005 4:04:04 pm PDT #7405 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Gandalfe - Apr 19, 2005 4:51:56 pm PDT #7406 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Anyone who comes to Salt Lake, there is a bookstore here that rivals Powells. Seriously. It's called Sam Weller's, and it's right downtown. Yes, they shelve the used books with the new. Yes, they have an independant coffee shop inside. Yes, they have the obligatory used book store basement, so byzitinely designed you need a guide book and a trail of crumbs to find your way out.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 5:11:53 pm PDT #7407 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
you need a guide book and a trail of crumbs to find your way out.
"Out"? I don't understand. People actually try to get out?
That's the mother ship, baby!
Gandalfe - Apr 19, 2005 5:13:30 pm PDT #7408 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Yes, but even the employees are afraid to venture down there. Particularly into the "Biography" section. There's no way you can get food delivered to you.
And you will soon run out of crumbs.
Steph L. - Apr 19, 2005 6:08:14 pm PDT #7409 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Well, I always knew, in the back of my mind, that books would kill me one way or another.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 6:34:37 pm PDT #7410 of 10002
brillig
Mmmm, Sam Weller's ... the basement ... down the stairs, around the pillar, over the raised bit where they cut the hole through the wall, down a step and through the door ...
Gandalfe - Apr 19, 2005 7:41:53 pm PDT #7411 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Have you been there lately, Connie?
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 7:43:45 pm PDT #7412 of 10002
brillig
Two weeks ago.
Gandalfe - Apr 19, 2005 7:51:54 pm PDT #7413 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I really, really like what they've done with it.
[Edit] And now that they've opened up the COffee Garden in there, that's where I get my coffee in the morning. I used to go to the (blech!) Starbucks in the Marriott on State, so I'm very very happy about this development. I hop off the light rail, and boom! My coffee's right there. Sometimes they see me coming and have it started before I get there.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 8:07:59 pm PDT #7414 of 10002
brillig
It's taking some getting used to, because I liked all the used stuff down in the basement. I don't like going up and down the stairs between Sci-Fi and Fantasy and the writing books and the Biographies.
Still, if I lived in Salt Lake itself and had more leeway in jobs, I'd beg to work there. I haven't had time to just hang out in the coffee shop yet, I'm generally just passing through downtown on my way to my sister's. I'll have to just take a couple of hours some day and hang out with my notebook and a mocha.