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xiphiasLis's mother is a wonderful person -- she wanted to know if there were any candies I remembered from my childhood that I hadn't been able to get, so she could mail them to me.
While I genuinely appreciate the idea, it turns out that they didn't really have anything at the "retro candy store" that the local candy store down the street doesn't have.
It occurs to me that Boston doesn't do "retro", because, to do "retro", you have to have left something at some point, in order to go back to it. You couldn't really do a candy shop that was re-creating a candy shop from twenty, or fifty, years ago, because we have actual candy shops that have been around for twenty, or fifty, years, and haven't significantly changed.
While I genuinely appreciate the idea, it turns out that they didn't really have anything at the "retro candy store" that the local candy store down the street doesn't have.
It occurs to me that Boston doesn't do "retro", because, to do "retro", you have to have left something at some point, in order to go back to it. You couldn't really do a candy shop that was re-creating a candy shop from twenty, or fifty, years ago, because we have actual candy shops that have been around for twenty, or fifty, years, and haven't significantly changed.