There Is Room

Day 6 Stitching.

Day 7 Stitching.

The addition of the red really makes the name pop. Before completing this step, I thought there would not be room for what I'd like to do around the name, but there is. I'm really excited.

It's supposed to be in the 90's this weekend. My first task is to get a coat of paint on the tops of the front steps. We're also supposed to get rain so I may wind up just buying the paint and watching the raindrops fall. I won't mind at all because it's very dry here and rain will simply soak in. I'll throw open the front door and listen to the rain while sitting in the recliner stitching.

Beverage:  Raspberry Earl tea

Deb

Score

My one purchase.

Complete and total "camp".

This is a reproduction of the movie poster for Godzilla vs Mothra, one of the campiest movies you'll ever see. I need something more to hang on my wall like I need bubonic plague but it's Godzilla! The original, man in the rubber suit Godzilla. This is, actually, two action figures.

The vendor had a whole bunch of Godzilla posters. It was very hard to pick out which one to bring home. They had a sale, 3 for $30 or one for $12. They had bunches and bunches of posters. I looked through their offerings and, had I the wall space, a jazz and a Broadway advertisement would have come home with me, too. "Brigadoon" and Duke Ellington. But I have no space for Godzilla let alone the other two.

Still, I will find a place for this, simply because it's Godzilla. This is the vendor who was selling these posters. I will have to check them out later this summer, when I have a bit of coinage.

Beverage:  Huckleberry tea

Deb

More Than Just Books

The beauty of this particular event is that more than just books are sold at the Printer's Row Book Fair.

There are reproductions of posters. I have purchased posters from this vendor in years past.

There are people selling ads culled from old magazines, the old magazines themselves, old coins, old postcards and maps. I have, waiting for wall space, a reproduction of a Guiness ad, a page from an old magazine showing a section of the World Columbia Exposition which was in Chicago at the end of the 19th Century, and a couple postcards of Iowa locations.I looked but I really need to get what I have up on the walls first and then fill in. That means painting the walls which means fixing the cracks, which means moving things out of the room where I'd like these to go. Nope, it's never a simple process.

There was a guy from Gino's East, one of Chicago's premier pizza restaurants, wandering around handing out fans.

There were a couple of street musicians but they were asked to move along as they were interfering with the organized entertainment being provided in separate tents and on a large stage set up in the middle of the fair.

In years passed, there were street preachers on the ends, a couple of ice cream trucks and Ghirardelli handing out chocolates. The CSPan Bookmobile was in attendance, shunted off to a side. Although they were promoting their weekly half-hour book show, it was overshadowed by all the literature they had out about their coverage of the presidential race. With the Muslim publisher sitting right next to the Jewish publisher, this was not a place for politics. I heard some people grumbling about how political CSpan was this year. "It's about books, folks, not politics." I didn't even wander down to the bus to see what they were giving out. It wasn't what I was interested in.

Something like this really does become a fair. The smells of the restaurants nearby gearing up for a captive crowd mingles with the smell of the city. Although I came away with only one item, it was time well spent.

Beverage:  Huckleberry tea

Deb

A Title From the Past

Hey mom? Remember this?

I think this was the first book I read that didn't have pictures on the pages. I might have been 8 or 9 when I read it. This copy was in excellent condition and the seller wanted $25 for it. I'll bet mom has it in a box somewhere.

Beverage:  Huckleberry tea

Deb