Awake and free at the same time as the UK for the first time since getting here, i found the apartment’s phone blocked for long distance calls. Am i gonna have to BUY a mobile?

Drove down to Garden st and walked thru the eponymous garden towards downtown… Chanced upon the library and popped in to see whether they had technical books. They didn’t but i spent an agreeable 40 mins reading about type design, a subject that has been a tantalisingly closed book to me for years.

All over town there are realistic bronze statues sitting on the benches,cleaning the windows, talking with one another… Very cool, especially for civic art. Should’ve got some pictures DOH! Wandered into borders and did the length of state street, checking out fashion, thrift, and tourist shops. Postcards were 25c each so I bought four, which came to $1.08 due to tax… d’oh… Picked up a book of “hikes” around the area. Many of them are 2 miles long. This is the kind of hiking I could get into! Got back home, cooked (yay! food that tastes right!) ate and slept.