Two dozen booksellers and sales reps from the San Francisco Bay Area bookselling community met Saturday, October 2, at the Presidio Parade Grounds to honor Gigi Reinheimer. Gigi just retired from Macmillan Publishers, after 25 years of being a sales rep. The gathering was particularly poignant since many of the reps and booksellers hadn't seen one another since before the pandemic. It was a beautiful day and a glorious reunion/retirement party. The event was organized by Luisa Smith, buyer at Book Passage; Jane McIntyre took the photo.
Back row (l. to r.): Jim Hankey (Harper), Tom McIntyre (Hachette), Jenn Ramage and Michele Sulka (PRH), Jeff Maso, Camden Avery (Booksmith), Wendy Pearl (PRH), Kevin Peters (Travelers Group West), Ty Wilson (PGW), Paul Yamazaki (City Lights), Reed Oros (Macmillan retired). Front row: Ingrid Nystrom (Books Inc.), Sheryl Cotleur (Copperfield's), Beverly Langer (S&S retired), Luisa Smith (Book Passage), Tee Minot (Christopher Books), Gigi Reinheimer (Macmillan), Susan Southwick, Lise Solomon (Karel/Dutton Group), Bob Belmont (PRH), Ellen Towell (Karel/Dutton Group) Howard Karel (Karel/Dutton Group). Kneeling: Lauretta Cuadra (GGNRA), Helen Clifton (wife of Ron Shoop, PRH).