I love 826 Valencia. The pet project of writer Dave Eggers, it is a pirate store, reading work-shop place rolled into one. You can pick up the latest from McSweeney's Press and an eye patch or peg leg all at the same time. If you have kids, they offer work-shops for lots of different things with an emphasis on writing. My son has taken three different sessions where they wrote a play and then performed. Take the kids, there are tons of gimmicky pirate gear.
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