This past weekend, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif., hosted a special holiday market, co-sponsored by the Journal of Alta California. The market featured gift items and products made locally in California, as well as book signings by guest authors. Booksellers were available to give holiday gift recommendations and customers enjoyed refreshments and snacks while they shopped. Pictured: (l.-r.) Lisa See (The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane), Naomi Hirahara (Hiroshima Boy), Mark Haskell Smith (Blown), Edan Lepucki (Women No. 17) and David Ulin (The Lost Art of Reading).
