Only in Seattle and specifically, the Wallingford district.
A Brother and Sister owned company has had a successful few years marketing very high-end accouterments for Dogs and Cats. They had a retail store in Poulsbo but recently closed that and have now opened a retail outlet in the very trendy (left, yuppie, politically correct, etc. etc. etc.) district of Wallingford.
The name of the business:
High Maintenance Bitch
From the
Seattle Post Intelligencer:
High-end dog shop's sign raises neighbors' hackles
If dogs desired sparkly jewelry, glittery makeup and sweet smells just like many little human girls, they'd feel like princesses in this newly opened Wallingford store.
Luckily for the founders of High Maintenance Bitch, which sells high-end pooch products, little princesses eventually grow into women dog owners -- preferably with spare cash and a strong affinity for double-entendres.
"Our company is probably the most high-end pet brand in the world," co-founder Lori Pacchiano said.
Though Paris Hilton and Tyra Banks may coo over products such as Gel-ous Bitch bath gel and Street Walker paw cleanser, the store has drawn the ire of some Wallingford residents who dislike the sign that hangs outside the company's flagship boutique.
"I am probably the most progressive liberal person in the world and I am personally offended by the sign," said Janet Stillman, executive director of the Wallingford Neighborhood Office. "It's so blatant and so in your face."
Poor Ms. Stillman has probably not had a good rollicking
orgasm belly laugh in ten years if that. The signage in question:
Credit: Gilbert W. Arias/Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Local TV Station
KING-5 is also covering the scandal...
Wallingford a-twitter. The Liberal Gentry being titillated against their will. The horror...
PLEASE NOTE: Personal Disclaimer -- I bought several properties in Wallingford back when it was a run-down working-man's bedroom community in the early 1980's. I remodeled these and sold them for decent bucks when Wallingford was starting to be "discovered" so I certainly cashed out on the real-estate bubble there about ten years ago. It was a nice place to live back then, very quiet and a nice mix of students and people who had lived there all their lives -- my neighbors directly to the east remembered when there was an orchard on my property and half the rest of the block. I have driven through there a few times recently and it is very gentrified. I would not want to live there now.