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There are a lot of things to see when you go to Midwinter, no matter where they hold it. The Space Needle in Seattle, the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. Librarians, however, seem to stray off the beaten track, and find the interesting and absurd. It’s our job. In Philadelphia, for instance, there’s the Mutter Museum which features a Human Horn exhibit and a gift shop with wonderful kitsch. Or the Mummers Museum that holds treasures of sequined and feathered costumes from years past. But wait, there’s more! The Liberty Museum hosts an exhibit of Life-size Jellybean Children. Those children looked pretty yummy to a group of hungry children’s librarians (and one children’s film producer) searching for a restaurant that did not have a 2-hour wait. Filled with librarians, no doubt, the restaurants were bursting at the seams. After a long day of sitting in a hotel room that was almost...