Brief Trip to Downtown San Pedro

On my drive home from work the other night I noticed there was a new book store named Sunken City Books (403 W 6^th Street, San Pedro, Ca, 90731) right across the street from Niko’s Pizzeria (399 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731). Once I had the day off, I felt like going down there to browse through their inventory and I was very impressed with all of the titles they carry. There are comics, mystery novels from the 70’s, and amongst the many paperback or hardcovers I saw a strong selection of Jack Kerouac’s work, ‘Visions of Cody’ being among them. I ended up purchasing four books: “Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Last Tycoon”, Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Notebooks of Malte Laurida Brigge” and a first edition of “Wicked” the first book in the series by Gregory Maguire. The owner Rodrigo is very friendly and looking to keep the place stacked with rarities, vintages and new releases. I’ll be popping in there again to see what other gems they offer.

I walked with my bag towards the waterfront where I shot some photographs before getting some tasty pancakes and eggs with sausage in the late afternoon at Brite Spot (615 S Pacific Ave, San Pedro, CA 90731).

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