Exciting to a highly specialized subset of people

[yagathai]

OMG! The owners of the Franklin Fountain just bought out Shane's Candies!

You won't care about that unless you're really into antique-style confectionaries, but if you as big a fan as I am of the ice cream and candies of yesteryear, it is HUGE NEWS.

Yes, you can be a confectionary nerd.

Comments

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Whoa! I remember Franklin Fountain did their holiday antique-style candies around Christmastime. Does this mean they're going to be into the candy biz permanently?

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

So it seems!

[xraytheenforcer.livejournal.com]

Sweeeeet. Next time I'm in Philly, I'm going to pick up a box. :)

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

Don't hurry. They're not starting until October or November.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Hey, did you ever read that book SWEETS? It was so awesome.

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

I did not, though it's on my list!

[oracne.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the writing as much or more than the contents.

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

Hang on. Amazon tells me that there's more than one book by that name. Which one did you mean.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Sweets: A History of Candy by Tim Richardson.

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

OK, that's the one.

[aghrivaine.livejournal.com]

I think you'd really make a great gay man. You could watch Glee with your boyfriend, and then go antiquing in the country while you sought out old-timey candy and then I dunno, used the word "squee" a lot more.

[yagathai.livejournal.com]

trackerneil's boyfriend once called me the gayest straight man he ever met. I don't know if that's true, but then again I certainly do love antiques.

[daveax.livejournal.com]

And, if you're going to be a confectionery nerd, Shane's is a great place to start...