San Francisco is My Home

27
Sep

And it’s all still happening

Author: kris, Category: Events, Literature

It was a beautiful day down at Fort Mason, sunny and breezy, in the low seventies. The fort lies on the edge of the blue water looking out at the iconic Alcatraz Island and the orange tips of the Golden Gate Bridge peeking over a fog bank. In other words, a perfect day to line up in the sun while you wait for the Library Book Sale to open.

“Look, a queue for losers,” quipped a Fort Mason worker as he walked by the line of grim-faced bibliophiles clutching out boxes and shopping bags. But two hours later I emerged from the warehouse-like Festival Pavilion covered in dust and clutching a head-high stack of British comic fantasy novels. Who’s a loser now, eh? Ha ha ha!

…Hmm.