Faux Elegance

April and I were on a work-related errand (…on a Saturday…) a while back and somewhere en route to a store called “Party City” (although we work in Boston, so it wasn’t entirely clear if we were searching for a party store or porcelain emporium), we got a little lost. We pulled into a parking lot to check the directions, only to find we were in front of this store:
That’s right. “Faux Elegance.” It’s not REALLY elegant, it’s a sham – you can tell because the sign is kind of budget. And because the store is called “Faux Elegance.” Don’t get too close or the imitation will become obvious. I won’t speak for anyone else, but I can’t imagine an occasion where I would want to purposely fake tastefulness. Although it seems that some people are, indeed, interested in faking class. Granted, we did not enter said establishment, and we’re sure the people who run it are lovely (not faux lovely, actually nice people), but I think they are promoting shenanigans and tomfoolery.

Despite that, I must admit that this establishment has inspired us... We now see faux everywhere - and we intend to blog about it. In fact, we should probably have badges or capes (or both?!?) to denote our faux-fighting qualifications! Watch out faux-folks, we are watching (and April thinks this qualifies her to carry some sort of weapon and carry out citizen’s arrests)!

We’re talking about you: person who faux-sleeps on the commuter rail so they won't have to move their bag and share their seat with another weary traveler, employee who is always faux-stressed so they never have to help anyone else, and obnoxious faux-intellectuals who use big words (often incorrectly, but what does this English major know about vocabulary?) to intimidate others - we're officially putting you on notice!

Beware, faux-fosterers... we will out you - with true elegance and humor, of course!

~Sarah