(via books-cats-coffee)
A smorgasbord of wanderlust both geographical and gastronomical, auditory and ocular, literary and (perhaps) entirely frivolous.
October 13, 2012
August 14, 2012
Author and playwright Alan Bennett was once quoted as saying “A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot.” (via Honestly WTF)
July 18, 2012
Bookyard, an Open Air Library in a Belgian Vineyard
“Bookyard, a vineyard-turned-outdoor-library created by Italian artist Massimo Bartolini in Ghent, Belgium as part of the TRACK art festival. “Visitors can borrow, buy or exchange secondhand books here in the symbolic shadow of the Book Tower,” explains the press release. “Bartolini installs the bookcases in line with the vines, leaning against and parallel to the slope of the garden. According to Bartolini, books too can broaden the mind, just like good wine.”” (via Flavorwire)
July 5, 2012
May 3, 2012
Spectacular Libraries in Europe. (via Mental Floss)
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After a lesson I didn't prepare well for
I’m like:
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How I feel when I Facebook stalk someone
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“Stop comparing where you’re at with where everyone else is. It doesn’t move you farther ahead, improve your situation, or help you find peace. It...
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A regular at Le Louis IX in Paris, “Caramel” keeps a client company, May 1988.
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“This is how it works: you’re young until you’re not. You love until you don’t. You try until you can’t. You laugh until you cry. You cry until you...”
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