The Holy Grail of Bookstores
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Portland, OR.
Words cannot quite describe the wonder of this space. It's a book lover's paradise and the largest used and new bookstore in the world.
Fun facts:
- occupies an entire city block
- 68,000 square feet all filled with books
- approximately 3,000 buy from there a day
- stocks over one million new and used books
- nine color coded rooms
- 3,500 sections (
bless those librarian's hearts
)
- dozens of author vists monthly
-
where you can publish your own book in the same time it takes to drink a cup of coffee
See what I mean? And it is literally even more amazing in person! Oh Porland, another reason to totally fall head over heals in love with you.
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Happy Friday friends! Today officially starts Christmas break for Gabriel and I - pheww! It's sure been a whirlwind couple of weeks as I'm sure it has been for you as well. Take time to relax and unwind over the next couple of weeks,
will ya
?
I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health - that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul! 3 John 2 MSG
P.S We made an
earlier this week of something we've been working endless hours on - we can't wait!