POTD: The World's Most Beautiful Bookstore

"Readers in box seats.
Books fill up the former stalls.
Cafe on the stage."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2023 03 14 Argentina Patagonia

Today's photo-of-the-day is from The Grand Splendid Athenaeum, a bookstore in Buenos Aires. In 2019, it was named the "world's most beautiful bookstore" by the National Geographic. It gets no argument from me. It's located in a former theater called Teatro Gran Splendid. Customer seating exists in the still-intact theater boxes. A cafe serves food and drinks on the former stage. Over a million people visit annually, including "L" and me. We didn't buy any books (the vast majority are in Spanish), but we did eat lunch. Beautiful.

Another photo after the jump.

POTD: Buenos Aires on Saint Patricks Day

"Beneath city lights,
Buenos Aires sports Kelly Green,
For St. Paddy’s cheer."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2023 03 14 Argentina Patagonia

Today's photo-of-the-day is the view from our hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saint Patrick's Day in 2024. Across the street is the most famous Irish Pub in Buenos Aires, The Kilkenny.

After the jump, The Kilkenny.

My Instant Election Analysis

My instant election analysis:

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Water, Water, Everywhere

"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." — Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The City of Richardson's Holly Water Tower lost all pressure on Thursday, triggering an alert on the City's website, on social media, and elsewhere (we'll come back to that) to boil water before usage. City staff and volunteers quickly moved into action acquiring truckloads of bottled water for distribution to affected residents. All well and good. Triage before post-mortem, you know. There'll be time enough for questions later. First things first. The City is testing water and hopes to have results back Friday, November 8. When it's deemed safe to drink again, the City will spread the word...somehow.

When that day comes, there are some questions that I'd like the City to publish answers for.