Now I know where I wanna go for spring break...

[qatarperegrine]

Yesterday I went to the new bookstore in City Center Mall. Due to the astonishing paucity of bookstores in Doha, the opening of a new one -- in a mall, no less -- was cause for much celebration.

Unfortunately, the selection is rather small and extremely haphazard. The best moment was when I wandered into the travel section and found this:



(For the uninitiated, Lancre is a fictional location from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.)

And, while I'm posting cell phone pictures, here's another exciting find I made yesterday: I finally tracked down a source of black nail polish in Doha! And lipstick, even! Goth Marj celebrates!!!


(My toes aren't really purple. Weird cell phone camera.)

Comments

[qatar-cat.livejournal.com]

Lancre? hahahaha awesome!

Now, fess up: where do you get black nail polish?

Your toes look nice btw.

:^)

[qatar.livejournal.com]

A little shop in Villagio, with a French name and big anime signs -- I forget the name though.

Thanks for the nail polish compliment -- that means a lot, coming from you. :-D

[qatar-cat.livejournal.com]

LOL okaaaaaaaaay I'm not so sure about the black lipstick tho. I am kinda glad you didn't post a pic of THAT.

:P

[qatar-cat.livejournal.com]

And hey - are you coming to the party, or not?

[qatar.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I keep forgetting to ask the hubby if he's coming, so I haven't wanted to RSVP yet. :-)

[qatar-cat.livejournal.com]

Forget the hubby - are YOU coming?

[qatar.livejournal.com]

Yesyes! I've just spent part of the afternoon trying to remember my password so I can log into QBB to RSVP officially, but so far no luck. :-/ How embarrassing.

[qatar-cat.livejournal.com]

Haha ok well doesn't matter whether you bring hubby or not, you're welcome and expected :)

Brilliant!

[shmuelisms.livejournal.com]

His series of books Science of Discworld which use the usual medley of characters and tricks to explain Earth-related science are also amazing. :-)


Did you dare ask if the book-store staff knew it was a fictional location??

Re: Brilliant!

[qatar.livejournal.com]

I didn't ask, no. :-)