Dave Eggers and the Pirate Store
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Nat Friedman comments [link to http://www.nat.org/2005/february/#14-February-2005 no longer works] on Egger’s writing, which reminds me that in San Francisco, at 19th and Valencia, is the Pirate Store. The Pirate Store is a strange hack, which Eggers set up because he wanted to run a writers group. But the zoning laws in San Francisco were non-cooperative. So he rents a space, the front of which is a “pirate store.” It wasn’t clear to me how much of what was there was actually for sale. The lard was definitely for sale, but there were no convenient containers. In the back of his space is a library, with tables and chairs and such for his writing group.
Its an entertaining shame that to get the space he wanted, Eggers had to set up a fake store. Why can’t he use his space as he sees fit?
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[Update: Linked to Pirate Store.]
YAAARRRGGG!!!
I’m callin’ the authorities, matey!!!
I bought myself a very fine pirate shirt and a run-of-the-mill pirate flag there a couple years ago. They took enough of my money to convince me its a store.
By that logic, the IRS is the bestest store EVAR.