I spent an extended weekend last month in Los Angeles with my good friends Sean and Bekah.  A bit of a last hurrah before they welcome their beautiful baby into this world and I don’t have a spare room to sleep in anymore.  They always show me a great time-they are the type of host who has fun activities planned-interesting places to visit both intellectual and low brow.  Good times had by all.

One of the highlights of my trip was visiting the Huntington Library.  I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical just by the name.  I do like libraries, but it was a vacation after all.  But I was more than surprised.  And they pretty much had to drag me away from the place when it was time to leave.  It is basically a giant fun-land for people who like art, books, and plants.  I could have spent days wandering around the property.

This was an entire collection of each edition of The Origin of Species.