Hudson is a pretty-as-a-picture town in northeastern Ohio. Tree lined streets, cute shops and plenty of greenspace will drawn you in and make you want to stay. At least that’s the effect it had on me. Unfortunately, we didn’t have much time to dwell here. Instead, we were there to check out a bookstore and pick up some chocolates on the way home.
The Learned Owl Book Shop has been around since 1968 and offers books for all ages on three floors. It’s a charming shop filled with bestsellers as well as some harder to find titles that you didn’t know you needed until they caught your eye here.
We went here because I liked the name. When we got there, I liked the sign. When we went inside, I liked the total package.
It’s not always fair to judge a book by its cover or a store by its sign. It’s awfully nice, though, when the inside lives up to the outside! Find the Learned Owl on Hudson’s Main Street and learn more about them on their website!
I’m a sucker for a great sign and these two in Durango, Colorado didn’t disappoint. Can you read them?
Stick and Stones Handmade and Nobody’s Inn.
The Inn caught my eye because it’s a historic building in the heart of downtown Durango. The rooms are apartment style and each is decorated with its own flair. I want to return someday and am thinking this might be the place to stay. Charming and nice on a budget sounds good to me.
Besides, they have a great sign and I have found that places that attend to the small details like cool signage are often attentive to other small details.
Here’s one more view of that stretch of street. It’s walkable, eclectic and all the store signs are worthy of consideration.
There’s a fantastic auditorium sign just blocks from the State Capitol building in Denver. It’s for the Fillmore Auditorium but this old building hasn’t always been an auditorium.
It actually began life as a roller rink in 1907. Since then it has been everything from an indoor ice rink to a flea market and even a car factory.
It was repurposed over twenty years ago, redesigned inside to replicate the famous Fillmore in San Francisco. It’s now a popular live music venue. While I haven’t been inside, I was infatuated with the exterior as we sat in traffic inching down the street. Consequently, they aren’t the best pictures but you get the gist.
Who knows? Maybe I’ll catch a show there sometime and report back on the adventure.
An impossible request from a door in Douglas, Wyoming. The same town gave us this other gem.
I giggle every time I read it.
I am drawn to specific things – doors, old churches, vintage signs, weird architectural details, and informal signs.
This one made me laugh.
You’ll find it in downtown Douglas, Wyoming. You can read more about Douglas if you’re interested.
First there was the cool exhibit of Vintage trains.
Douglas looks like a modern Wild West town and I really liked it there.
And then there was the most unique church I’ve ever seen.
Not to mention the rainbow we saw after failing to climb the mountain.
And more about that trip.
Half the fun of traveling is reminiscing about the place we’ve been!