I had been wanting to see the Ernie Pyle Library, expecting it to be just a museum, like the presidential libraries that we have seen. But it is actually a functioning library in the former home of Ernie Pyle. It was the first branch library open in Albuquerque (1948). 
Cary has read two or three books about Ernie, so he was very interested in seeing what personal items would be on display here.
We returned to Old Town and actually found parking on the street (no persnickety meter here, but stay tuned...)
The kale quesadilla with cheese and pinon nuts was as yummy as I hoped. While we ate we watched the owner work on the brick patio where they had taken out a huge cottonwood tree to make way for expanding the restaurant (The Quesadilla Grill).
Cary's tacos were as delicious as they were picturesque.
I asked the owner about the tablecloths; he said his wife made them from fabric he was sure she got at Hancock's. I was thinking it would make a great skirt or purse!
And on that note, we had to go to another fabric store. It was hard to narrow down my selections to just three--but I got something for a tablecloth for the trailer, a shirt and one piece was purchased just because it was so bright and pretty.
We did have some problems with a parking meter, as I mentioned above. Downtown we tried using dollar bills, and two different credit cards before the machine took a quarter, giving us 15 minutes to explore the theater we were interested in seeing.
The KiMo Theatre first opened in 1927 and saw stage and movie stars such as Tom Mix, Gloria Swanson, Sally Rand, and Lucille Ball performed there.
The vigas, resembling wood, are actually plaster.
The front of the theater. Slated for demolition after falling into disrepair, the city bought it in 1977 and citizens voted to renovate and preserve its unique architecture, the most recent work completed in 2000. 
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