She runs along with them and stands up for them and at times she's smarter than they are, helps them figure things out. And that whole sense of friendship and camaraderie and the wonderment of wizardry and magic, and that children are able to do that, it's just great. Alexandra's mother is pretty impressed with the turnout. For the Stones and the Beatles. There is a longer line outside Books of Wonder than there is outside the club, Limelight.
Garbage men pick up the trash from the sidewalk outside an adjacent store.
Jennifer Lavonier says they've sold over 500 books and another 200 suddenly arrive by taxi. She wants to make sure the store has enough copies for the weekend. Lavonier is like an Auntie Mame to these kids, walking and chatting and waving. A car full of happy customers is stuck in traffic in front of the store. She is tired but pleased with the way things have gone.