"The story: back in 2002, some friends in San Francisco had an idea for a youth writing and tutoring center.
It was a ludicrous solution to a bizarre problem, and it.
So they decided to sell pirate supplies, and to decorate the storefront as if it were a real shop for working buccaneers.
They rented a building for this purpose, only to learn that the address was zoned for retail; they could do their writing and tutoring, sure, but they had to sell something in the front of the building. "The story: back in 2002, some friends in San Francisco had an idea for a youth writing and tutoring center