I wouldn’t think of the travel section in my local paper as the place to read about libraries, but the new Seattle Library sounds like a good side-trip while in Seattle. According to Judith Morgan in her September 26, 2004, San Diego Union Tribune “Letter Home” column titled “Seattle library is a can’t–miss wonder,” it “glows like a plummeting chandelier from Phantom of the Opera” at night. She states that librarians with wireless devices “act as trail guides, pursuing queries from lunchtime drop-ins and long-term Ph.D candidates.” The building was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhass. The reading rooms sound fabulous.

It almost makes me want to move to Seattle. Hmmm. I am 15 minutes walk from the beach in sunny Southern California. This is certainly a must-do travel destination.