Organic hot dogs??

My favorite comment on the DN website about the upscale vendor issue:

What's next Shirleys being ordered to offer organic hotdogs and chai lattes or be shut down? Because well that will of course appeal to a larger audience. (insert rolling eyes here!)

That cracked me up.

Shirley's Place, by the way, is the hot dog cart that sets up every summer on the pedestrian way, Inn Street, downtown. I think it's up and running already, actually. The line of people waiting for a dog on any given day, I think, is more a testament to Newburyport/thriftiness/eye for a good deal than the boutiques. Not that I object to the boutiques - I made 98% of my Christmas purchases in downtown last season.

Mostly at Hog on Ice, actually, which of course is no longer.