I went to the book festival in Berkeley today. Independent booksellers, writers, poets, artists, publishers — anything and anybody remotely related to paper and print was there. Someone dedicated an entire book and booth to her adventures in eating ice cream around the world. (I asked her why and she said it’s a better way of tasting local ingredients). There was even a tea station with flavors like War and Peach and Oliver Lemon Twist.
I came for the books but I got happily distracted by the stationery, too. Risa the letterpress printer (Papa Llama) makes a variety of fun greeting cards for “smart-asses, sassy-pants, goof-balls, and introverts” with the help of her 3000+ lb. letterpress machine Barbara.
I don’t know why I enjoy cards like “WOW YOU’RE OLD” and “CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 2ND MARRIAGE!” so much, but I do. I’ll save them for a rainy day.
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Books I brought home:
- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
- On the Move by Oliver Sacks
- At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell