Blogger's note: This is second in a series on a day long tour of Portland, Oregon on August 7, 2009. You may want to see the first destination before reading this post.After I got a cup of coffee from Beaterville Cafe, I headed south for Powell's City of Books. I have gone there about a year before (see earlier post), and I wanted to go back there - especially the art & design section. Powell's is actually a group of buildings occupying a whole block - it should be on any book lover's list of places to visit/see when in Portland. I found a place to park on the street and then paid for the space. As I was walking toward one of the Powell's entrances, I noticed a wild display at a women's store, and I wish men's stores were more like this. What an amazing display, eh? Anyway, here's the corner entrance, and take a closer look at the "post" - it's a stack of humongous books. I entered and made a beeline to the elevator that would take me up to the floor where shelves and shelves of art, architecture, design and style books could be found. Since I have a very limited amount of time to spend in this store, I decided that I would go to the sale table first. Boy, did I find a great selection of books at great prices. I had to find at least 10 books so that I could pay a fixed price of 12.89 for shipping. You can see from the picture below that there's no way I would carry that heavy load to the airport. Oh by the way, two books were missing from this photo - I could not find them in my house as they're somewhere buried under piles and piles of other things.The first thing on top of the stack actually contains a book, not food, and it's actually about food! Clever packaging, eh? Here's a list of ten (10) books that I bought at Powell's.2398 G: A Book About Food (Italian Edition)Making Great Papercrafts, Origami, Stationery and Gift WrapsRubber! Fun, Fashion, Fetish.Typosphere: New Fonts to Make You ThinkBible Road: Signs of Faith in the American LandscapeNorthwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior ScreensPaper Illusions: The Art of Isabelle de BorchgraveConcrete to Canvas: Skateboarders' ArtFoliageKarl Blossfeldt: The Complete Published WorkWow, what a wide variety of subject. I will do book reviews on some of the books above and publish them in later issues. The box arrived safely home a couple of days after I got home from the west coast trip. Powell's is definitely one of my favorite indie book stores. You may be able to find the above books in their website, Powell's Books.Next destination (in next issue): The Japanese Society of Oregon----- Back to Table of Contents ---------- Home ----- All artwork, contents, and images copyright 2007-2010 Andrew Borloz - all right reserved.
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