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If you've followed my #library passport adventures, it will be no surprise that I'm *super pumped* about this indie #bookstore crawl in #Pittsburgh!! Starts tomorrow, I just found out (hubby sent me a link) and I AM ON IT.

Gonna visit one today right after the library!
wesa.fm/arts-culture/2025-05-0

 A large brick building next a sign that says "City of Asylum" and "Garden."
WESA · Inaugural Great Pittsburgh Book Crawl begins this weekBy Bill O'Driscoll

A century of resistance: Booksellers at Madrid's Cuesta de Moyano.

The booksellers of Madrid's 'casetas' celebrate their centenary with a tandem event with Parisian 'bouquinistes.'

These two institutions are the last permanent open-air book fairs in European capitals.

mediafaro.org/article/20250509

A man is seen browsing through books at the Cuesta de Moyano street in Madrid on World Book Day. | JOHN MILNER / SOPA IMAGES/SIPA U/SIPA
Le Monde · A century of resistance: Booksellers at Madrid's Cuesta de Moyano.By Sandrine Morel

An #elderly Rider needed to return some #books and pick up new ones. Our Ride Pal rode with him to the #bookstore in a #cab, waited till he had everything on his list, and took him back home. This elderly couldn't have gone alone or taken public #transport, since he's unsteady and not all streets...
👇🏽
📚Bengaluru Ride Pal Rides With Elderly Rider To/From Bookstore
palupnow.com/blogs/f/bengaluru

Bookstores surely are seventh heaven!*
A cosy Bastei Lübbe concept store selling books alongside designer items. This one opened in March, following the popularity of its sister store in Cologne.

📍Leipzig, Nikolaistraße
📷 Canon EOS R6 MII | Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM

#photography #streetphotography #canon #canonphotography #quiet #calm #canoneosr6mII #leipzig #bookstore #conceptstore #literature #bookish #architecture #interiorarchitecture #citylife #seventhheaven #siebterhimmel

* "Siebter Himmel" - the wording on the neon sign - is German for "seventh heaven"