This is a cultural artifact, so I'm sharing it for that reason, primarily. Beyond that: 1. I am out of touch. 2. I think running a service establishment in 2026, especially a boutique one in a sparsely populated area, is hard, and was always going to be hard. 3. It's important to know your clientele! 4. If I'm giving everyone here lots of grace, I am simply sad for so many of them. The way they move about the world, either by choice or circumstance, strikes me as really draining.
A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. - The Boston Globe
Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead.
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