Baby Got Books

Travels

As you may have noticed, we’ve been on a summer schedule around here at BGB. Travel and various mishaps* have slowed things down a bit, but we’re hoping to recover to our full blogging glory directly. In the meantime, I’ll share some pictures from my visit to Seattle last week.

The Elliott Bay Book Company has been one of favorite indie book stores anywhere. However, they had moved from their former Pioneer Square location to the Capitol Hill neighborhood since I last visited. I wasn’t sure how the new place would measure up.

The new digs are a little more vanilla on the outside, but the inside of the store is fantastic. Old wooden flooring still creak underfoot, and the new place has fantastic natural lighting. It seems even bigger than the old location. The book selection is still top notch. I spent my first twenty minutes browsing the first table inside the front door. The store is also conveniently located near Sonic Boom Records, Molly Moon’s Ice Cream, the Elysian Brewery, Cupcake Royale, and dozens of bars/restaurants/coffee joints. Make a day of it next time you’re in Seattle.

A quick ride on the #5 bus from downtown delivered me to the front door of the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co, the 826 Seattle’s front operation. If you don’t know about the Dave Eggers founded 826 National reading/writing/tutoring centers – read all about it here. I can only assume that dangerous cosmic rays emanating from within made this cellphone picture look so crappy.

Inside: wall-to-wall science geekery. If they served Pacific Northwest microbrews, it could be all-time favorite place. My purchases were entirely limited by what would fit inside my luggage.

(*Pro blogging tip: when traveling to the other side of the country try to remember your laptop’s charging cable. Even though the hotel will have a large box of forgotten cables for you to choose from, they may not work well with your model.)