Shhh!

Nossaman has librarians. And a library! It's funny because in law school, your entire life revolves around the library. The library is the de facto place where students go to study, find cases, and meet people. If you have a problem finding a source for the journal, you can ask one of the reference librarians and they'll usually be able to find anything you need. Their ability to find almost any book or document is so awe-inspiring that it borders on magical. The library becomes such an ingrained part of the law school experience that I think most students come to see the library and law school as interchangeable, kind of like how you associate bathrooms with a toilet. Or something like that.

Anyway, due to this cognitive association, you can see how it might be mildly disorienting to see a library in the middle of a law firm. What the heck? Libraries are only found in law schools! What the heck is one doing on the 30th floor of this building? And OMG there are reference librarians? That's like... finding a zebra at Sea World! Things like this are just not supposed to happen.

Lunch: The librarians (Arlene and Tracy) took us to Engine Co. No. 28, a nifty restaurant a few blocks down Figueroa that used to be an old fire station. Inside, there are lots of nice fireman-type touches, including hemets and the original sliding pole. The food was pretty darn good. I had a cobb salad, crab cakes, and a key lime pie for dessert (at Arlene's insistence). I was really stuffed, but I definitely wouldn't mind going back there again.