There are book stores and then there are book stores… It would be hard for any booklover not to wander among the maze of bookshelves here and not be giddy… My first thought when I entered was what a cool place to get married—or have your ashes spread!

Bart’s Books is quite the antidote to the sterile chain bookstore. A written desciption would hardly do it justice; maybe someone will post a youtube video of the place someday…

It also acts as a counterwight to the pretentiousness that is so prevalent among those enclaves of the Central Coast where ordinary people are being slowly squeezed out. Others may go to any number of the frou frou spas and resorts around Ojai for rejuvenation, but I got all I need wandering among the asiles of Bart’s, thank you very much.