Last month, Pegasus Books in Oakland, Calif., closed its doors for two hours to host the wedding of longtime customers Lenore "Red" Lustig and Alexander "Sandy" McEachern, who exchanged vows behind a counter and in front of 100 guests. The pair then invited each guest to choose a book as a wedding favor. Afterward, guests strolled up College Avenue to a reception at a local tavern several blocks away.
"We wanted to support our local community--with the wedding dress, the reception, the cake, and we thought of the sensory experience of our corner independent bookstore, the scent and warmth and light of Pegasus," Red said. "We're hearing over and over again how much people enjoyed the books, being together at Pegasus, and how right it felt to have the ceremony there."
Pegasus staff were inspired and touched by the idea. "We'd known each of them as regular customers for at least a decade," buyer Christopher Miya said. "It was only recently that they started coming into the store together. I was just over the moon. It was a really sweet idea."
