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Simply amazing
May. 6th, 2018 11:07 amI had a wacky morning at the Market yesterday. Right after opening--and Denise leaving for the library--at 10 am, curiously dressed couples began coming up to the booth, in a tearing hurry, and asking what we sold. Or, more specifically, what Pulp Romances sold.
Pulp Romances is Denise's business, selling handmade paper and hand bound books. We've been sharing the booth at Market for 20-plus years (though not at road shows. Most of them require separate jurying and an extra booth fee for shared booths.) She sells greeting cards regularly, and the occasional journal or packet of paper, but this is way more attention than she usually gets. Especially since they then dashed away again.
I finally got someone to slow down long enough to tell me the story. Apparently, The Amazing Race was doing tryouts in town this weekend, and decided to use us as a test site. I got a photo of their questionnaire, and I gotta give them credit for their research. The three businesses they used--Pulp Romances, Celtic Fantasy and Berry Patch USA--all have cool, evocative names that give no clue what their product is.*
Sadly, Denise missed the whole thing. By the time she got back from the library at lunch, everyone was gone.
*(Handmade books and paper, Celtic-themed silkscreen teeshirts, and handcrafted children's clothing, respectively.)
ETA: Did a little more research, and found this has nothing to do with the TV show; it was a Great Race-themed fundraiser for an African children's charity.
Pulp Romances is Denise's business, selling handmade paper and hand bound books. We've been sharing the booth at Market for 20-plus years (though not at road shows. Most of them require separate jurying and an extra booth fee for shared booths.) She sells greeting cards regularly, and the occasional journal or packet of paper, but this is way more attention than she usually gets. Especially since they then dashed away again.
I finally got someone to slow down long enough to tell me the story. Apparently, The Amazing Race was doing tryouts in town this weekend, and decided to use us as a test site. I got a photo of their questionnaire, and I gotta give them credit for their research. The three businesses they used--Pulp Romances, Celtic Fantasy and Berry Patch USA--all have cool, evocative names that give no clue what their product is.*
Sadly, Denise missed the whole thing. By the time she got back from the library at lunch, everyone was gone.
*(Handmade books and paper, Celtic-themed silkscreen teeshirts, and handcrafted children's clothing, respectively.)
ETA: Did a little more research, and found this has nothing to do with the TV show; it was a Great Race-themed fundraiser for an African children's charity.