If you haven't been to Powell's, then you need to make it a priority. Powell's is one of the few places you can go and spend hours perusing fantastic books. Now, I know there are many large bookstores in the world, but Powell's puts them all to shame. They have new and used on the shelf together. It is an extremely rare moment when they don't have in stock anything you may be looking for. Half of the fun is finding so many books that interest you, that you didn't even know existed. All of the people who work there love books, so you get exceptional service. Go to Powell's grab a few books that interest you and go to the coffee shop and watch the world go by. Powell's is a little bit of heaven in Portland.
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