Well, that makes sense. It’s a high-end sex toys for women shop in Park Slope and lots of women around here have babies. You do the math.
Today, the Daily News has a story on Babeland, the new upscale sex toys for women shop in Park Slope, set to open on Thursday. Owner Claire Cavanah has been doing loads of press around town and really getting the word out about her shop.
As you know, I got a gift bag from Babeland at the Edgy Mother’s Day event, which included a couple of vibrators, lubricant and other items. I also got a cute gift box from them sent to my home with a silver egg-shaped vibrator with a controller that looks like a dimmer switch, and a Mojito/peppermint massage candle.
This business is no slouch. They’ve got promotional materials a go go, shopping bags, nice packaging, an extensive e-commerce site and more. This is a well-run and seemingly thriving business with branches in Manhattan, Seattle and elsewhere.
Claire Cavanah and Rachel Venning opened the first Babeland store in 1993 in response to the lack of women-friendly sex shops in Seattle.
The store offered top quality products, a pleasant place to shop, and most of all information and encouragement to women who wanted to explore their sexuality. The store’s popularity with both women and men eventually led to two more stores in New York and one in Los Angeles, as well as a thriving website.
And now Park Slope.