When there's time to kill, what do I do?

Class ended at 7:45 and my date wasn't until 8:30 (both in Bryn Mawr) and I wracked my brain thinking of something to do. Duh! Go to the library. I did.

It was my first trip to the Ludington Library which is one of 7 libraries that comprise the Lower Merion Library System. A banner hung over the check out area indicating its stature among the top 20 libraries in the country. Check this ranking of library systems. Ohio has a couple entries in the top 10 and as luck would have it, Ms. 8:30pm was from Cleveland. Coincidence or Fate???

It was very spacious, lots of people and lots of rooms. So really lots of libraries :) Check the URL if you didn't initially smile with the emoticon.

Since I wasn't a library member, I couldn't access the computer with Internet access (wanted to double check the online profile of the girl I was about to meet for the first time), so instead I used an open computer to search the catalog. I first looked at Joan Didion's books b/c the book club Jackie Zavitz and I are resurrecting from our DC days has Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking as its first book. After scrolling through her works and some corresponding reviews, I looked up her, John Dunne. He is the subject of The Year of Magical Thinking and a prolific author himself. Could be neat to read a book of his after this one, especially since this book is unfortunately about his sudden death and Didion's ensuing grief. The Red, White and Blue looks interesting.

8:30 came and I went on my date. Come sunday night I'll go on date #2...