Books Actually
This is my other discovery of the year. :) (First one being Front Row.)
It’s a quaint little store, still very wet behind the ears (they’re not even 4 months old!) but boy is it a beaut. Shelves of books that are actually worth reading, ancient typewriters (the only thing that stopped me from buying one of those beauties was the fact that they’re not for sale - yet), INSTAMATIC! cameras, matchboxes masquerading as books, type-written poetry on graph paper… The list goes on.
So everybody, this is an ORDER. Trot down over to Telok Ayer Street (it’s on the opposite side of Cross Street from the huge-ass DBS, and near the temple). You’ll know what I mean when you see it.
Besides, they obviously have good taste in music too, so what’s not to love!
(Thanks for bringing me there, pooch! I heart you.)
Books Actually
125A Telok Ayer Street
Singapore 068594
Tel: 6221 1170
Their self-proclaimed useless website: booksactually.com
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March 11th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
you must take me there one day!
March 11th, 2006 at 6:55 pm
Consider it done! :)
March 11th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
You have good taste and needless to say, your poochie too. Everything about Books Actually I mucho likey.
March 11th, 2006 at 10:30 pm
Andrea - Yay! :) (FYI the poochie isn’t the bunny. But anyway. My bunny donch let me buy typewriter I very saaaaad.)
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March 12th, 2006 at 1:02 am
omg i just went there today!!
March 12th, 2006 at 11:24 am
shu - Today meaning Saturday? I was there too! At around… 5ish.
Jon - Didn’t we have a discussion about this already via email?
March 12th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Haha yes, I figured. Bunny forbids you to buy it because Bunny will buy it on your behalf. Everyone happy.
March 13th, 2006 at 12:01 am
i was there, drenched from the heat at 3. haha and anyways, holga photos up!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67513904@N00/sets/72057594080377320/
March 13th, 2006 at 10:06 am
Cool. I want a holgaaaa! But I want a dSLR more. ;p
March 13th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
I was looking for blogs on this shop! Yours is one of the first few! This other one has some pictures. http://thebookofshadow.blogspot.com/2006/03/books-actually.html
March 13th, 2006 at 6:34 pm
Cool, you should definitely go check the shop out.
March 14th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
i very happily selfishly hope they don’t suddenly get a deluge of visitors and turn mainstream. Anyway i KNOW why she doesn’t want you to buy! so that I can have it.
March 14th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
But if they don’t at least get a small deluge (that’s got to be contradictory) then they’ll close and we won’t have them anymore! But I defintely hope they won’t turn mainstream.
And she doesn’t want me to buy it ‘cos she says there is no space in the hutch. (Which is a rather valid point.)
April 28th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
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