Runester

Well, in my post about our trip to Province Town I complained about having one’s sexuallity as the theme for unrelated shops such as book stores, art galleries, etc. Then, while discussing the subject with my girlfriend (who tends to be more level headed in general) she pointed out all of the Italian Social Clubs, Irish Shops, and Polish Bakeries in Boston. Apparently, identifying with a group and using that identity in your business is not new or unique or even that interesting.

What can I say? She was right. If I can go to an Irish Gift Shop to buy imported shamrock lava lamps or something, then why not a Sisters of Sapho CD Shop to pick through their selection of Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman, and K.D. Lang?

So, I reverse my earlier position. Though I am still not entirely comfortable with hanging out with “Men of the Foreskin United!”