I got this news story from our good friends at Gawker who saw it in the NY Times and it made me realize that I've been to both of these shops when I was at the closing night of The Fantasticks with my friend (and at the time she was my boss) Alison.

Both of these shops are right across the street from each other. Neither are really that special to be honest with you. Both are rather musty and dark. Definitely idn't realize how territorial these people were. For all we knew, they probably thought we were spies. Although $800 for a Wallace and Grommet chess set was a bit much...