Philly bookstores?

On Jun 9, 7:04*pm, "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote:

For which she (I) thanks you.

You are very welcome--and thank YOU for keeping the lists.

Alas, most big cities provide slim pickings these days--rents go up,
sales go down, and if the stores survive at all, they survive as
Internet stores.

It's sad. I do get a lot of stuff online, but for me, nothing beats
browsing, and seeing the actual books. Second-hand shop visits are
part of my itinerary any time I plan travel. It was dismaying to see
how many changes had occurred since the Philly list was updated in
January.

Toronto is headed that way. *Of course, one of the main places we
visited (Jamie Fraser) had additional problems: the streetcars that run
down the street his shop is on shook the building so much that he came
in one day to discover that the shelves had toppled over! *(Luckily, he
was able to recover without too much damage.)

And he's appointment only now, isn't he?

J wrote:
On Jun 9, 7:04 pm, "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote:
For which she (I) thanks you.

You are very welcome--and thank YOU for keeping the lists.

Alas, most big cities provide slim pickings these days--rents go up,
sales go down, and if the stores survive at all, they survive as
Internet stores.

It's sad. I do get a lot of stuff online, but for me, nothing beats
browsing, and seeing the actual books. Second-hand shop visits are
part of my itinerary any time I plan travel. It was dismaying to see
how many changes had occurred since the Philly list was updated in
January.

Toronto is headed that way. Of course, one of the main places we
visited (Jamie Fraser) had additional problems: the streetcars that run
down the street his shop is on shook the building so much that he came
in one day to discover that the shelves had toppled over! (Luckily, he
was able to recover without too much damage.)

And he's appointment only now, isn't he?

Don't know--we stopped going to the Toronto International Film Festival
a couple of years ago, so I haven't tried to drop in lately.

As you might have guessed from the fact that I maintain these lists, I
also like browsing, even though I'm buying a lot less now.

--
Evelyn C. Leeper
A great many people think they are thinking when they are
only rearranging their prejudices. -William James

On Jun 10, 3:11�pm, "Evelyn C. Leeper" wrote:

As you might have guessed from the fact that I maintain these lists, I
also like browsing, even though I'm buying a lot less now.


Another sad/interesting item: After I checked into my hotel Saturday
afternoon, I grabbed a copy of WHERE magazine. It had a clear rmap (on
which I could write things as I went around), and various listings of
restaurants, entertainment, and shopping. I noted that the editors no
longer felt that books warranted a category listing, nor did records/
CDs.