La Vie En Rose for 2006 September 7

In a fit of productivity I discovered that the Times Literary Supplement on which I had banked so much of my paper is available at the SF public library, so that's where I went today. I took the MUNI because, hey, it's fun, and $3 is less than I would have paid for parking. Books! Everywhere! Books and more books... that I would actually want to read. Books for the taking, for free. That's the kind of library that makes the theory of libraries actually work, unlike some *coughcsubcough*. Most libraries have shelves with books and some empty spaces. Not this one. There were book carts on the edge of every row where they put the books they don't have room to cram on the shelves. Actually, it was a bit disorganized and made the ocd bookshelver in me tick a little, btu mostly I gazed in wonder and killed lots of time wander aimlessly through travel and history.

The TLS let me down a little bit, but I did find a few useful things (it's not an academic library, after all). However, I wasn't able to check any of them (here is where the libraryness theory breaks down) because technically you are supposed to be a resident of San Francisco to be a member, and techically, I'm not. I do think I have a paper that will do the trick, but I didn't have it with me, so I had to leave all the lovelies behind. I was even going to check out the Testament of Youth videos to watch, for kicks. I'll have to go back. Espcially since the copy machines weren't working so I didn't copy some of the reviews. But still, there was free internet, and it was great for people watching. Lots of homeless people. It seems to be trendy amoung homeless people in SF to have backpacks instead of shopping carts.

I bought some small consolation presents at the Friends of the library bookstore, and took myself out to a sushi restaurant I found on citysearch.com, since I've been craving sushi since about Greece, and now I'm happy as a clam, or perhaps a spicy tuna. I noticed a Mediterranean restaurant, also, so maybe I will go when I go back, and see if I can get the falafel I unsucessfully hunted for all over the Aegean.