This weekend we moved into an apartment on the North side of Napa. We took a quick tour - found the hospital, got a library card, looked at the Oxbow Markets, took a quick walk by the Napa river. It's a lovely town - there are a lot of vacancies in the retail spaces right now, which is kind of sad, and a sign that the downturn has hit even here in Napa Valley.
We stopped into the local bookstore, Copperfield's Books, which I loved. They have readings, a great magazine collection including literary journals, graphic novels and comics (including Buffy the Vampire Slayer)as well as fun, unneccessary objects like scented markers and hedgehog-shaped erasers. The poetry section - I'm a poet, so that's the section I pay the most attention to - was small, but at least had a decent number of living poets on it. I didn't notice that many local writers there - at least they weren't showcased or anything.
The temperature - around 85 degrees and 60 percent humidity - seems lovely and dry after living in muggy Carlsbad.
So far, so beautiful! Now, to try to find a doctor who is still taking patients, a dentist, a hair stylist...
