Dispensing Happiness
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Saturday was 'date night', and Matt and I had dinner, followed by a night at the theater (Arsenic & Old Lace). But we had a big block of time before the show started, so we headed to one of our favorite places...Edward McKay's Used Books and CD's.
McKay's recently moved from their old location to a much, much bigger building...and more importantly, with lots of parking!
Matt's been there since the move, but this was my first visit.
Wow.
Seriously; wow. The place is huge. You really could get lost in there...which is more dangerous than it sounds!
Unleashing either one of us upon a book store is akin to setting free an ant colony next to a chocolate cake.
We went there with the intention of just picking up a few books. Really, just a few.
But then I found the cooking aisle.
Thirteen books later, I forced myself to find Matt, who was absorbed in the anthropology section. I caught him before he did much damage; stopping at three.
That brought our total to sixteen books. Throw in a couple of CDs, and we were done. Total? Exactly $70.00. Not bad...those .50 Time/Life books really helped!
posted by Stephanie @ 7:06 AM
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did you get the timelife cooking series?
$70 for 16 books and cds? Wow. And by the looks of things, I think you got some incredible books, Stephanie.
I have The Bread Bible too - haven't tried that much from it though, so will look forward to hear what you think! The hamburger buns from it are great!
Seems like wonderful collection, Stephanie.
Wow - sounds like you did great. I wish we had a good used bookstore around here, but we don't. I gotta say, if we did, it would be dangerous.
Clare; I didn't get the series, but picked up three relevant (to us, at least) volumes. They were going for .50 a piece, so I grabbed 'Asian', 'African', and a multi-national volume.
Nic...it is a good deal!
McKay's does an amazing business, which is why (I think) they can keep their prices so low. I bought one book which was fifteen dollars, but the next highest was four or five. The rest? Of mine, at least, were just a couple bucks each.
I think they're pretty neat, too...I've been too busy to really go through them, but I'm sure I'll find something worthwhile in all of them.
Zarah...I saw that, and thought 'must have!'.
It, as things would have, was the most expensive book in the bunch. But I couldn't resist it...
Indira!!!! So wonderful to hear from you.
At the very least, it's eclectic. I was seriously disappointed in McKay's offerings in the 'baking/dessert' section; mostly low-fat or just extremely lame. Of course, that's the first section I check out!
Sweetnicks...you ever make that trip down South, I promise to take you to McKay's!
And believe me; I know from dangerous. It's the main reason I never go with Matt when he decides to pick up a book or two...I know I'm not capable of doing that; getting just one or two!
What great loot! I love 2nd hand book stores and frequent them a lot here...what I'm wondering is: Is there a ton of those timelife series books going around the 2nd hand book shops of the world? Because we have them here too!
Joey, I think the Time/Life books are a bit like encyclopedias; everyone had them, but has found something newer/more practical (internet, book compilations) to take their place.
So yeah...I think you'll find collections all over the place!
Score! Nice job on all the books! I haven't looked to see if Phoenix has a decent used book store. I need to find out!
Thanks, Joe!
I can't imagine a place like Phoenix not having a good used book store...some where!
I love used book shops!! I tend to get carried away, too. I'd say at least 60 percent of my cookbooks (maybe more) come from used book shops.
I love Ed McKay's!
Alice, they are dangerous, aren't they?
I think most of mine are new, but I have been picking up used ones over the last couple of years.
And my FIL has been unloading quite a few of his cookbooks on us, as well...which is great, except for that whole 'we have no more room' problem!
Jessica...you know McKay's???
Isn't it great? We had a few tiny used book shops where I grew up, but nothing on the scale of McKay's.
I love Mckay's ...when I was in private school/college down there I spent tons of money with them.
Wow... I can't believe how many people know about McKay's.
And it's not difficult to spend lots there, is it?
i want that bread book. Please make something from it and let us know.
Randi...I'm working on it!
I've been dreadfully ill the past week, so haven't been spending much time in the kitchen. Once I reach that critical stage of being able to go half an hour without blowing my nose, I'm going to give it a try.
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