by Peggy Robin
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| Washington Antiquarian Book Fair |
You have many opportunities throughout the year to donate
your old books to worthy causes – and many of these opportunities are
advertised on our sister site, The Cleveland Park Listserv. But one day you may look
around at your neatly de-cluttered bookshelves and think to yourself, “Why are
my shelves so bare?" And you realize that you would really love to have are some mysterious and
dusty piles of old books – antique atlases, turn-of-the-century school
readers, leather-bound sets of Dickens, and maybe some Robert Louis Stevenson
with gorgeous full color plates by N.C. Wyeth. Or maybe you would just like to
find that one in-depth work on the obscure topic that only you and about twelve
other people in the world really care about. Well, if you have ever had anything resembling
those thoughts, then you are in luck, because the Washington
Antiquarian Book Fair is for you….and it’s in town today.
The first day, Friday, April
28, is happening right now, and then you have a full day on Saturday when it's on from 10 AM–4
PM to see rooms full of antique books. The book fair is downtown at the
Washington Sphinx Club, 1315 K Street NW. More info here: http://www.wabf.com/home
And while I’m plugging annual events that I look forward to
every year, I’ll pass along this reminder for the next great Friday &
Saturday activity – the Washington National Cathedral Flower Mart – in its 78th year – where you can taste food from around the world, watch a variety of
performances and demonstrations, buy crafts, plants, and all manner of other things, go
on tours of the Cathedral, play games, put your kids in the moonbounce, have
tea in the bishop’s garden, and of course, ride on the historic carousel.
The Washington National Cathedral Flower Mart
Friday, May 5 from 10 AM – 6 PM
Saturday, May 6, from 10 AM – 5 PM
….and more details at https://www.allhallowsguild.org/Flower-Mart/flower-mart
Oh yes, and they have a great used book tent there, too!
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Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland ParkListserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.
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