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Verbatim Books
North Park · 30th St
$25 / a couple paperbacks
For Iris & Theo
For a rainy Sunday
San Diego gets about six rainy days a year, and most people waste them complaining. This one goes the other way — used books in North Park, ramen while it comes down, a museum hour in Balboa Park, and coffee somewhere warm while the streets dry out.
- Books → broth → Balboa Park
- 4 stops
- 11am – 5pm
An example Sunday
For a rainy Sunday.
- 11:00AM
- 12:30PM
- 2:00PM
A museum hour
The San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park · El Prado
$40 / two adults
- 4:00PM
Coffee · Somewhere warm
Communal Coffee
North Park · University Ave
$20 / coffee and pastry
Then home — the long way.
Why this night
You said Iris treats a forecast with rain in it like a snow day, and that the two of you are better in bookstores than in bars. So when one of the six arrives, this is the day already on the shelf — shelves to get lost in, broth because rain demands it, an unhurried museum hour, and a warm corner table to end on. Nothing outdoors except the dash between doors.
Don't forget the small things
Check the museum day
SDMA opens at noon on Sundays and is closed Wednesdays.
One umbrella, not two
Six days a year — share it.
Communal closes at five
On Sundays the warm corner table has a curfew.
For one of the six days a year it rains here — used books, ramen, a museum hour in Balboa Park, and coffee somewhere warm while the streets dry out.
Your turn
Six days a year. Have one ready.
Tell us about the two of you and we'll keep a day like this on the shelf — for whenever the forecast finally cooperates.
No account needed to start. Two minutes.