As you've probably gathered we've geared up for a Rolf Potts extravaganza here at Gadling. Here's just another plug for Potts, but more so a shout out to one of Gadling's former bloggers who is bringing travel to your armchair through books.

Kelly Amabile, fellow world traveler and voracious reader --she created Gadling's feature One for the Road--is combining those passions as the events manager at Book Culture, an independent book store in Manhattan. Considering that Kelly is a whiz at travel and books, who is more better for the job than Kelly? I'm thinking, no one. She's gathered quite the line-up for October which is rapidly approaching.

For example, Rolf Potts is scheduled for October 21 at 7 p.m. He'll be reading from his book, Marco Polo Didn't Go There.

Also on the schedule are Stephanie Elizondo Griest who wrote the travel memoir, Mexican Enough (Oct. 8) and an encore with Rolf Potts on October 23. He'll be appearing along with Pauline Frommer and Matt Gross to talk about how to make travel happen.

Whenever I read about events like this happening in Manhattan, oh, how I want to go there. If you do go, tell Kelly I said "Hi."

Book Culture is on 112th Street and is a hot spot for browsing even if you can't make one of the events. It's an independent book store after all, and those are few and far between.

Filed under: Business, Festivals and Events, Books, One for the Road