What I envision is a bookshop where you can browse the stacks for books, then walk over to the gun rack to check out the used shotguns or maybe take a look at the vintage Ambassadeurs in the reel case.
Yep,
a combination used book, gun and tackle shop. The kind of place where
you can walk out the door with an obscure first-printing, a box of AAs
and a classic pre-owned baitcasting reel, all in the same bag. In
essence a literary and sporting junk shop. I think it sounds cool, and
it's the kind of quirky, off-beat place I've always been drawn to.
Not too stuffy, tradition-bound or pretentious, but not too
weird. Just a mellow, funky spot for freethinkers, hippies, gun nuts,
literate rednecks, bookworms, fishing bums or anyone else who
possesses an artistic bent and an appreciation for firepower and
spinnerbaits.
Well, it looks like someone else is living my dream. or was, at one time. The date on the ad for the coin guidebook says 1969, so perhaps rather than being forward-thinking, I'm actually way behind the times. Either way, it's cool...
A picture that FB friend and blog reader Todd Shaffer posted on FB. Now this is my kind of book store...
Love to spend some time in that store. There was a combination beauty shop/gun store in a small town near here; Dream Weavers Salon & Sporting Goods. Their tag line was "where beauty and bullets collide". I never made it in; ultimately they were closed down by the feds for selling without a license and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. Interesting concept though.
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