by Patrick on February 20, 2007
LA Brain Terrain is running a contest to find Los Angeles’ hottest bookseller. If you’ve ever visited Vroman’s, you know we have an incredibly good-looking and charismatic staff… and we’re not afraid to do a little campaigning. Take a look at some of our bookselling babes below, then go to LA Brain Terrain and vote [...]
by Patrick on February 15, 2007
Today our guest blogger, Rebecca from the Book Department, would like to recommend a very special book:I have been telling everyone for weeks that my husband and I “don’t do Valentine’s Day.” This Valentine’s Day, though, my husband woke up with a look of utter exhaustion. “I need a mental health day,” he said, “but [...]
by Patrick on February 10, 2007
“I hear something. It sounds like balloons!” I overheard an excited little boy exclaim. The hiss of the helium tank was only a small part of our annual children’s Valentine’s Day Party, held earlier today. Our in-store storymeister Mr. Steve read from a selection of holiday-appropriate books, including Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up by Robert [...]
by Patrick on February 7, 2007
The Cute Book. Let’s face it: it’s darn cute. This skinny little hardback from the Japanese design team Aranzi Aronzo is full of patterns for “cute and easy-to-make Felt Mascot” [sic], which are tiny creatures you can play with, attach to hair pins, sew onto a tote bag, etc. These little guys are not all-purpose, [...]