June 15, 2018
The Mississippi Headwaters in Itasca State Park
Itasca State Park 36750 Main Park Drive Park Rapids, MN 56470 218-699-7251 itasca.statepark@state.mn.us Open Daily 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. This review is written specifically for my niece, IG, and my nephew, W, as they will almost probably visit the Mississippi headwaters someday soon in their very new lives. If you are not IG or W, you are still…
June 10, 2018
Bargain Books in Van Nuys, CA
Bargain Books is a little used bookstore tucked away sneakily on Friar Street off Van Nuys Boulevard. By the front entrance (which is so plain-Jane old school it looks hip and retro) are their actual bargain books, sorted into boxes and shelves and a paperback rack. Inside, you find much of the same: books of every genre lining the perimeter…