The (Hopefully Not) Last Bookstore

The Boy and I made a pilgrimage last week...

To this place!

The Last Bookstore is a "mostly used" bookstore with a twist.

You can read more about it in this article.

Simply put, downstairs is a pretty-cool, but not-unique collection of used books...

but upstairs?

It's craaazy.

The aptly-named Labyrinth is a collection of art and used books,

with the books only a dollar 

but shelved with...let's call it whimsy.

Searching through them means accepting you will not be able to easily put your hands on,

for example, the second book in the trilogy you're reading.

Most books are grouped together with brethren they would not usually share space with,

but there are a few pockets of say, kids' books, or tech books,

or a whole collection of what looked to be books in some Slavic language.

This little room, for example, was filled with Sci-Fi books.

There was also a little yarn shop right inside!

Go with the flow and you'll enjoy yourself;

The Boy finally came up to me,

arms aching, and whimpered,

"We have to go!  I can't carry any more!" 

Once we made it to the register, I asked the all-important question:

"Could I use the bathroom?"

(I had read on Yelp that the bathroom was guarded by a veritable troll of an employee.) 

"I'm sorry, it's out of order," the cheerful young man said.

To which I thought, "Liar!!" because I heard some other folks discussing

 the very-much-in-use bathroom.

But!

This turned out to be fortuitous, since it meant we stopped in at the nearby

Groundfloor Cafe to "buy a drink" (and use their bathroom.)

However, once we were there we realized this tasty joint served crepes!! 

a favorite of both The Boy and me.

When The Boy was younger his sister had Girls' Scouts,

and during her meetings 

we would head to the mall to load up on manga and crepes.

So it was a sweet and nostalgic way for us to finish out our afternoon at

The Last Bookstore.