tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post6955812334419002781..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Merle's DoorSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-59092448434034076452007-07-27T08:29:00.000-07:002007-07-27T08:29:00.000-07:00Hey Reid - I'm Steve's friend who lives with the s...Hey Reid - I'm Steve's friend who lives with the strange black dogs and I really enjoyed your mention of the Tattered Cover Book Store. As a sometime visitor to Denver, I discovered the TC when it was four stories across the street from Cherry Creek, and felt a stab of disappointment when I learned it had moved to a different location. Only book store I've ever been in that had parking for all the levels ... What a boon to the shopper in a hurry! The Old TC was also the first vendor from who I made an on-line purchase (grin)and that was back in the dark ages as well.<BR/><BR/>I have one of those porcelain light-up houses that are used in Christmas displays which has a little sign on the side proclaiming "The Tattered Cover Books." Of course I had to own it. I've never plugged it in, but I liked the idea of having a Tattered Cover alter-ego in miniature on my bookshelf.<BR/><BR/>As a parting thought - there is, in Toronto, a book store which advertises itself as the "largest book store in the world," and which I found enjoyable as well, but didn't have the ambiance of the old TC. I don't think they're as laid back about patrons who prefer to read books in house without actually buying them! Which brings me to another Denver/Toronto "separated at birth" note - the huge shopping mall in Toronto (Eaton's I believe) has a "Wild Goose" sculpture apparently by the same artist who did the one in Cherry Creek Mall. It is, indeed, a shrinking world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com