Tourist: Love the Library

I actually played tourist sans Kat today. After church I had brunch with friends at Bliss St. Station then went into Manhattan to drop off some library books at the Mid-town branch of the NYC library of 5th Ave & 40th and pay some fines from when I forgot to renew online in time ($14.50 -- but a good cause -- looking on the bright side :) then I stopped at the nearby research library [once the "main branch" officially now the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building] where the Library lions Patience and Fortitude hold court, saw the CoExist exhibit on the 3 Abrahamic religions, and then proceeded to explore the recently restored building: gorgeous, complete with WPA paints in the 3rd floor McGraw Rotunda and in 20+ years of living here I have never made it past the first floor. They have a Wi-Fi reading room where these great paintings grace the walls (mostly of famous New Yorkers) plus there was a Radioactive exhibit of Pierre and Marie Curie. Awesome! I more than got my fine back -- all this with lugging around a few new books so I got exercise too :) Lovely day AND I have tomorrow off.

Library Lion