Joined: 11 Nov 2005 Posts: 1630 Location: A block from the Park
Tue Feb 26, 08 5:50 pm EST
What a perfect coupling. It makes sense for those times when you really want the 3rd kid but have lost the "fire." _________________ But that's impossible.
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Tue Feb 26, 08 5:54 pm EST
OMG. babeland. in brooklyn. in walking distance from my home? OMG. no more gigantor tragedy when one of my cats thinks chewing through a certain cord is funny. no more stockpiling ...
wait. I've said too much.
(but seriously, best news evar. I hope they start a charity strip poker game, not that anyone wants to see me nekkid.) _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Tue Feb 26, 08 7:03 pm EST
I thought the store on 5th Ave across from the school was Babeland too? No? Whatever that store is, it's no match for the LES one (looking around innocently)
Mamacita Stuck in the middle with you
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 7720
Tue Feb 26, 08 7:17 pm EST
The comments on that story are the best I've read on that board ever!
Quote:
"Are all of your sex lives that boring that you need toys? Personally, I'm a meat and potatoes kind of person. "
Now do you skin that potato first or do ya like it au naturale
LongTimeSloper Hi there
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 2423
Tue Feb 26, 08 8:13 pm EST
The store on 5th Avenue is The Pink Pussycat.
Old Time Brooklyn Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 28 Jan 2008 Posts: 642
Tue Feb 26, 08 8:24 pm EST
Babeland is great. Some of the best customer service I ever got: "It's water based so it doesn't stick and it's really great for anal."
Flexichick Windsor Terrorist
Joined: 27 Apr 2006 Posts: 9623
Tue Feb 26, 08 8:34 pm EST
LongTimeSloper wrote:
The store on 5th Avenue is The Pink Pussycat.
Ah, yes, you are right. No wonder why I didn't like it. Babeland is far superior
Their customer service is indeed great, but sometimes a bit freakishly so. I once went to the Lower East Side store to buy something I'd scoped earlier on their website. I walked in, went straight up to the counter, and the woman working there looked at me and said, "Let me guess -- you want a --" I'm leaving out the specifics but she then rattled off the exact item AND COLOR I was about to ask for, and it wasn't like it was one of their most popular/common items.
Me: "Um... yeah, actually, that's exactly what I was about to ask for. How the hell did you do that?!"
One of her coworkers then said, "Oh, she's damn near psychic that way. She's gotten five out of the last nine customers right."
alafairnadia radical quellist
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Wed Feb 27, 08 12:38 pm EST
Old Time Brooklyn wrote:
Babeland is great. Some of the best customer service I ever got: "It's water based so it doesn't stick and it's really great for anal."
right? I've gotten hit on so many times in the LES store it kinda makes me feel sexy to just go in and buy something that is obviously for solo use. like .... I don't need you, pretty lady, to make me feel THIS good.
must get mind out of gutter. help. _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
sprite Order of Merlin, First Class
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Prospect Heights
Wed Feb 27, 08 1:41 pm EST
Fantastic news! And people complain about the gentrification of Park Slope. _________________ What is essential is invisible to the eye. —Antoine de Saint Exupéry
LongTimeSloper Hi there
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 2423
Wed Feb 27, 08 1:52 pm EST
pastoralia wrote:
LongTimeSloper wrote:
never heard of Babeland-interesting
You need to stay in more.
HUH?
alafairnadia radical quellist
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Wed Feb 27, 08 2:02 pm EST
apollonia666 wrote:
This is awesome news!
Their customer service is indeed great, but sometimes a bit freakishly so. I once went to the Lower East Side store to buy something I'd scoped earlier on their website. I walked in, went straight up to the counter, and the woman working there looked at me and said, "Let me guess -- you want a --" I'm leaving out the specifics but she then rattled off the exact item AND COLOR I was about to ask for, and it wasn't like it was one of their most popular/common items.
Me: "Um... yeah, actually, that's exactly what I was about to ask for. How the hell did you do that?!"
One of her coworkers then said, "Oh, she's damn near psychic that way. She's gotten five out of the last nine customers right."
I'd like to meet this lady - she'd bee a good poker player. _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
pastoralia Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 612
Wed Feb 27, 08 2:18 pm EST
[quote="LongTimeSloper"][quote="pastoralia"][quote="LongTimeSloper"]never heard of Babeland-interesting[/quote]
You need to stay in more.[/quote]
HUH?[/quote]
It's a sex toy store...stay in...play with your toys...it's a play on "you should get out more"...sheesh:)
LongTimeSloper Hi there
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 2423
Wed Feb 27, 08 2:26 pm EST
you know what-I got it right after I posted. Sorry-brain fart there
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 4015 Location: near the square that's a circle
Thu Feb 28, 08 8:58 am EST
i can't go there... one of the two owners was in my class in high school. nope, can't do it. _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
i can't go there... one of the two owners was in my class in high school. nope, can't do it.
but then they might extend the employee discount to you! _________________ "the radio makes hideous sounds"
-bob dylan
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 4015 Location: near the square that's a circle
Thu Feb 28, 08 9:10 am EST
i'd only go in wearing a wig and dark glasses. _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
kosherdave The Kosherist
Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 988
Thu Feb 28, 08 4:39 pm EST
Love babeland, the SoHo store gets a lot of my money
--maybe the adddition of one to the nabe will help people get the lumps of coal out of their asses and relax a bit.
brooklynpotter ceramme ceramma danna
Joined: 11 May 2006 Posts: 4015 Location: near the square that's a circle
Thu Feb 28, 08 4:41 pm EST
maybe the union halls moms need to go there instead of union hall... could do a lot of good for the nabe. _________________ what would you tell me, if i could hear you speaking?--t.r.
gags2008 Regular
Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 101
Thu Feb 28, 08 9:28 pm EST
Uh . . . hello? Can you say "match made in heaven" - ie. Babeland and Park Slope?
No longer will I have to hear the plaint "Where can a girl go to get a decent strap-on round here???"
BTW - I walk that block twice a day (see "poo on platform"). Should be fun scoping out which neighbors pop in and outta there. Hee hee!
BBTW - Frankly the Gymboree horrifies me, not the Babeland.
gags2008 Regular
Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 101
Thu Feb 28, 08 9:34 pm EST
Oh and yes, I DID purchase a rabbit dildo for one of my girlfriends in the Manhattan BABELAND once. . .
Can I tell you that was the stupidest purchase of my entire life? I mean, I'm a great lay, don't get me wrong, but NO MAN can compete with Mr. Robo-dick! WTF?!?!?
Guys - never . . . for the love of Christ . . . buy your GF/Wife one of those things if you ever plan to have sex again. Trust me, your worst nightmare.
Their customer service is indeed great, but sometimes a bit freakishly so. I once went to the Lower East Side store to buy something I'd scoped earlier on their website. I walked in, went straight up to the counter, and the woman working there looked at me and said, "Let me guess -- you want a --" I'm leaving out the specifics but she then rattled off the exact item AND COLOR I was about to ask for, and it wasn't like it was one of their most popular/common items.
Me: "Um... yeah, actually, that's exactly what I was about to ask for. How the hell did you do that?!"
One of her coworkers then said, "Oh, she's damn near psychic that way. She's gotten five out of the last nine customers right."
I'd like to meet this lady - she'd bee a good poker player.
Poker? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
alafairnadia radical quellist
Joined: 08 Aug 2005 Posts: 8272 Location: not washington ave. btwn sterling & st. johns
Fri Feb 29, 08 11:23 am EST
apollonia666 wrote:
alafairnadia wrote:
apollonia666 wrote:
This is awesome news!
Their customer service is indeed great, but sometimes a bit freakishly so. I once went to the Lower East Side store to buy something I'd scoped earlier on their website. I walked in, went straight up to the counter, and the woman working there looked at me and said, "Let me guess -- you want a --" I'm leaving out the specifics but she then rattled off the exact item AND COLOR I was about to ask for, and it wasn't like it was one of their most popular/common items.
Me: "Um... yeah, actually, that's exactly what I was about to ask for. How the hell did you do that?!"
One of her coworkers then said, "Oh, she's damn near psychic that way. She's gotten five out of the last nine customers right."
I'd like to meet this lady - she'd bee a good poker player.
Poker? Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
I don't even know her ... _________________ like a smoked meat with an earthy youth overnote
gags2008 Regular
Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 101
Fri Feb 29, 08 12:10 pm EST
Nah, "Gags" is a play on my last name. Certain people actually call me Gags . . . .
Shinybeast Captain Inevitable
Joined: 17 May 2006 Posts: 98
Sat Mar 01, 08 11:53 am EST
I used a condom once to spice things up. It was tingly.
magic1 Regular
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 61 Location: Waaaaay South Slope
Mon Mar 03, 08 1:13 pm EST
Of course the mommy and daddy brigade are up in arms now
judging from here and the brownstoner thread, MANY more people are excited about this store than not.
is the post that desperate for material?
do these people who are outraged not see the correlation between sex and babies?
if we have to put up with kids stores taking over every block of retail, why can't there be something for the singles too?
lame.
queencallipygos Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 791 Location: Ft. Greene
Mon Mar 03, 08 1:23 pm EST
gags2008 wrote:
Guys - never . . . for the love of Christ . . . buy your GF/Wife one of those things if you ever plan to have sex again. Trust me, your worst nightmare.
...Actually, let's have a woman come in with a dissenting note:
Guys? Actually, if you have the confidence enough to actually work the use of a sex toy INTO sex with your wives/girlfriends, it can be really, really hot.
stacey Beyond Karma
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 3138 Location: Underhill Ave.
Mon Mar 03, 08 1:42 pm EST
queencallipygos wrote:
gags2008 wrote:
Guys - never . . . for the love of Christ . . . buy your GF/Wife one of those things if you ever plan to have sex again. Trust me, your worst nightmare.
...Actually, let's have a woman come in with a dissenting note:
Guys? Actually, if you have the confidence enough to actually work the use of a sex toy INTO sex with your wives/girlfriends, it can be really, really hot.
Its not just the toys either - the lotions and games are lots of fun!
belzjm wrote:
if we have to put up with kids stores taking over every block of retail, why can't there be something for the singles too?
lame.
Hey us old married folks are excited for it too! But I agree - they only published two people's opinion I wonder how many others said they were happy.
queencallipygos Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 791 Location: Ft. Greene
Mon Mar 03, 08 1:50 pm EST
stacey wrote:
Its not just the toys either - the lotions and games are lots of fun!
Oh, yeah. I lived near the LES one before moving to Brooklyn, and that's how I'd stock up on condoms -- I'd go straight over to all the candy jars they had of single condoms for 50 cents each, and just get one or two of everything. The price was comparable with the drug store, and you got to try all sorts of interestingly designed things...
magic1 Regular
Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 61 Location: Waaaaay South Slope
Mon Mar 03, 08 3:14 pm EST
I love the one on the LES! remember that song "Sex and Candy"? That goes through my head everytime I go to Babeland on Rivington St because Economy Candy is on the next block over...truly, the center of my universe!
Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 914 Location: Park F'ing Slope
Tue Mar 04, 08 11:36 am EST
Do men go into these stores?
pitu Fake Buddhist
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6537 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Tue Mar 04, 08 12:25 pm EST
Jamzer wrote:
Do men go into these stores?
yes
the feminist sex toy places like babeland are friendly to all genders and all sexual preferences
queencallipygos Bruce Ratner's Love Child
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 791 Location: Ft. Greene
Tue Mar 04, 08 12:38 pm EST
Jamzer wrote:
Do men go into these stores?
Absolutely. Sometimes they're looking for a gift for a girlfriend, sometimes they're there WITH a girlfriend.
They also have toys that are designed for guys, too.
Jamzer Lifer
Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 914 Location: Park F'ing Slope
Tue Mar 04, 08 12:53 pm EST
queencallipygos wrote:
Jamzer wrote:
Do men go into these stores?
Absolutely. Sometimes they're looking for a gift for a girlfriend, sometimes they're there WITH a girlfriend.
They also have toys that are designed for guys, too.
Uhm... thanks Pitu and Queencallipygos..... Just so we are clear......I was, uhm, just asking. Not that I am interested in checking it out at all...... Just intellectual curiosity.......
sweet tea Cooler Ham
Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 4981 Location: the jewish
Tue Mar 04, 08 1:01 pm EST
i hope your "friend" enjoys his visit to the store.... _________________ Bumping ancient threads with bot-like bullshit
pitu Fake Buddhist
Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 6537 Location: Utopian Park Slope
Tue Mar 04, 08 1:03 pm EST
Jamzer wrote:
queencallipygos wrote:
Jamzer wrote:
Do men go into these stores?
Absolutely. Sometimes they're looking for a gift for a girlfriend, sometimes they're there WITH a girlfriend.
They also have toys that are designed for guys, too.
Uhm... thanks pitu and Queencallipygos..... Just so we are clear......I was, uhm, just asking. Not that I am interested in checking it out at all...... Just intellectual curiosity.......
well, they have books too (for the intellectually curious who are not yet ready for field research)
Srsly, the whole idea is to take the sleazy man-in-a-raincoat aspect out of the equation.
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