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  1. Oct 2020
    1. Take Vroman's Bookstore, a 126-year-old institution in Pasadena, Calif. It has more than 200 employees, 20,000 square feet of space and the rent to go along with it. In a normal year, it hosts anywhere from 300 to 400 events, bringing in authors for readings and signings, along with customers who buy books and maybe a glass of wine from the bar. But none of that is happening this year.

      Coincidentally I bought two books at Vroman's yesterday and it looked reasonably busy for mid-day. (Maybe because of this article?)

      It's a bit disingenuous to mention wine at their bar as their wine bar was only finally open for a minute before the pandemic shut everything down.