It's lucky number 13 for Skylight Books this weekend. Holy smokes, just think about that for a sec. THIRTEEN YEARS! Since that fateful day when we took the newspapers off the windows and opened our doors for business we've seen three Presidents take office, voted out a governor and voted in former action star Arnold Schwarzenegger to replace him, had the dot.com burst, seen our tax increase to 9.75%, had the housing bubble burst, seen the complete disintegration of Lindsy Lohan, took the newspapers off our second store, watched sadly as Dutton's and Midnight Special closed their doors and witnessed the rise of the internet and Amazon.com.
And in those 13 years we've seen Skylight grow in ways that we couldn't have imagined all those years ago. We've hosted events with Wilco, and James Ellroy, and Found magazine, and David Foster Wallace (RIP), and Cornel West and Chuck Klosterman, and Amy Goodman and Aimee Bender and so many talented writers and artists that it would take me 13 days to try and list them all.
So thank you all for supporting us, and loving us and nurturing us through all these years. To help celebrate we're throwing a party with cake and discounts and a kitty. So stop by on October 31 and November 1, and eat some delicious snacks and drinks some delicious drinks and have a fun time with us. And if you stop by on Halloween between 3-5 pm you'll have an extra fun time when we hold our reception party where toasts will be made, and champagne will be drunk and possibly some hugs will be given out.
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