[summer]

This raises my suspicions - there is an air about this article suggesting that the "Blue State" Sophisticates are having a laugh at the expense of those in the heartland, or as I'm sure as they say at the New York Times, "the provincials".

Yeah, I think you have a valid point there, Ivan, as I'm wondering what the implication was in omitting the sales figures for the so-called "Blue States." Do Blue States not have these parties? Are sales figures so low it's not worth mentioning?

I think the NYT should do a companion piece on "Blue States" (or "Red States") whenever they mention one but not the other in the headline of an article.

[sweetliberty]

" there is an air about this article suggesting that the "Blue State" Sophisticates are having a laugh at the expense of those in the heartland"

Let 'em laugh all they want. As long as they're busy laughing at us, they aren't planning to move here.

"Do Blue States not have these parties?"

What do they need parties for? They can just run down to the corner sex toy and deviance store.

[L.N. Smithee]

Yeah, I think you have a valid point there, Ivan, as I'm wondering what the implication was in omitting the sales figures for the so-called "Blue States." Do Blue States not have these parties? Are sales figures so low it's not worth mentioning?

The parent company of Passion Parties -- Xandria, Inc. -- is headquartered in Brisbane, CA, a tiny town (3.44 sq mi, pop. 3600) southeast of San Francisco.

The Bay Area is the bluest part of the bluest state. So blue, it's almost black.