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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tattered Cover Book Store


         Book store is always my favorite place besides cafe and movies, and I also found an attractive book store in Denver——Tattered Cover Book Store.  It locates at the end of the 16th Street Mall, near Union Station and Coors Field.

          Honestly, I just wanted to buy some adorable clothes and bags in downtown, but while I was walking, I found a book store. How small the door is. In China, book stores always have huge doors, even though they might not have adequate books as you imagine. However, this one was much better than I thought. When I entered, I decided to stay there at least two hours. It is really quaint and quiet, you can see some hot books at the first shelf and magazines on the right hand shelf. When you turn around,  you can find a tall shelf selling some little things, cups, key rings even lollipops. The whole store does not look big at first glance, but when you move deeper, you will find more surprises.
        The first floor mainly provides academic books, like painting, history and geography, second floor contains fictions, comics, biographies and CDs. By the way, another interesting thing I found was the walls——between two floors, displaying the best seller and new arrival, including The Hunger Games——I can see them everywhere. As moving, I went to the fiction shelves directly. One of them, at the left corner, displays series books according to the writers' names, that's so convenient for me to scan. In the passage, there are several showcases, a lot of discount books and used books are set up in order. I was so lucky to find a book I wanted for a lot time——The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and it just costed me four dollars. Beside the showcases lies a couch, I picked up a book and released my heavy legs for a while. It's a truly a book lover's paradise and I'm in love with it.
     
      


Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Field Trip to History Colorado Center

        Last Friday, I got a fabulous field trip to the History Colorado Center with my classmates. It locates at downtown, which my favorite place in Denver. After we got there, a time mechine caught our heart. When you push the rod, the mechine will tell you an amazing story about Colorado. We chose one story about Colorado's air academy, and knew in 1959, there were frist graduates became the pilots, that was really interesting. Then, I started my exploration with my partner.
      We visited several exhibition rooms, learned about the history of native Indians, lifestyle of people lived here years ago, also listened to the former presidents's voices, and the thing I most interested in-the history about Colorado skiing. Here are some pictures I took:
 
       From the brief introduction I know that, skiing wasn't a sport in those days, it was just a form of transportation way for mountain residents to get from place to place, and you can see how cumbersome the boots. But now, it has become a popular sports all of the world, and a lot of people are willing to put plenty of money on this adventurous sports. So, skiing would be the first thing on my list to spend my vacation.
       In conclusion, it was a great experiment in the center, I learned a lot what I didn't read in books, I am already looking forward to the next time.