Posts by Melanie Locay

Paris in the Spring just sounds fantastic doesn’t it? It could be argued that adding "Springtime" to anything can make it sound lovely, just ask The Producers... though Paris alone is a good selling point. We can begin planning our trip of a lifetime by researching affordable travel deals in the most recent issues of Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, full electronic access is available onsite at any NYPL location. I was able to find a helpful article published in the May 2011 issue that is still quite relevant to my travel needs: “Eat Your Way Through Paris” by Claudine Ko. Is there really any other way through Paris?

Visitors to the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building have been greeted for nearly 100 years by Patience, the proud lion statue which guards the south side of the main steps and Fortitude, guardian of the north side. Together, they are iconic and beloved symbols of the New York Public Library.  Due to the many patron inquiries we receive about the famous lions, Ask NYPL librarians have compiled a collection of the more interesting responses over the years, including whether they have ever been vandalized.  Per documented reports in The New York Times, the answer is yes, including assaults with paint, wreath nabbing and a particularly destructive wreath 

The most important lesson Bee has learned in her 17 years is that sometimes dreams change.  Bee is a freshman at Columbia University and wondering if she wouldn’t be having more fun if she had decided to be something cool like a spy instead of a doctor.

At 5’9, Bee is pretty sure if she grows any taller giraffe wranglers will be pursuing her for the zoo.  But Brian, her perfect boyfriend, who could give Brad and Angelina a run for their money in the public service department, is actually taller than she is.  Brian is 6’2 (part of his perfectness) and tells Bee she is beautiful in all her tall clumsiness.  When Bee decides Brian should be her