tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post9203126736723909524..comments2024-03-15T12:43:53.788-07:00Comments on Good Books For Young Souls: VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY (AND TELL ME ABOUT IT!)WendyLady@GoodBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07884742120430546504noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post-64655695736087951242011-02-02T08:39:35.865-08:002011-02-02T08:39:35.865-08:00Take your camera and if you blog about it, send me...Take your camera and if you blog about it, send me the link! Have fun - we used to love going to Chinese New Year festivities when the kids were young. :)<br /><br />About the library above: (From Frommers)...<br />Review of Real Gabinete Português (Royal Portuguese Reading Room)<br />"A temple to books. The interior of Real Gabinete Português is four stories tall, capped with a stained-glass cupola and illuminated by an elaborate chandelier. It's worth stepping inside just to see the room. Created in 1837 by the culture-starved (so they said) Portuguese, the reading room contains over 350,000 volumes, many of them from the 17th and 18th centuries. Just by showing ID (and maybe filling out a form -- it depends on who's working) visitors can request, obtain, and peruse these books, for as long as the room is open."WendyLady@GoodBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07884742120430546504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381738546785592812.post-31766974759080449022011-02-02T04:12:05.427-08:002011-02-02T04:12:05.427-08:00What a gorgeous library! We walk across the stree...What a gorgeous library! We walk across the street to our small Cincinnati Public Library a couple of times per week. This Saturday we're going to the larger branch downtown where they're going to have a Chinese New Year celebration program! We've gone in the past and it's usually excellent!!!Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411789923271959623noreply@blogger.com