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CONCORD, NC Concord’s men and women alike are anxiously anticipating the beginning of the new year. Why? Because, on January first, the new first-ever guy-care service opens in an American mall.
Marge’s Guy-Care has been in the planning stages for several years now, and it’s finally becoming a reality. And Concord residents can’t wait.
For a minimal hourly fee, female shoppers at the Concord Crossings Shopping Centre can leave their men—husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, boyfriends—with Marge, and they’ll be free to shop for hours. Maybe even days.
While in Marge’s care, the men can relax on couches, nap, read magazines (Marge’s is stocked with every sporting and men’s magazine available), play video games, or watch television. Marge is constantly on-hand to break up fights—whether over television channels or toys. She’ll keep the boys under control while serving them soda, coffee, and her extra-special homemade cookies.
Owner and Operator Marge Hopkins says that she has no idea why no one thought of this before. “There has always been a definite need for something like this,” she said. “As a wife and mother—and now a grandmother—I know that it’s impossible to shop when you’ve got some guy dragging his feet behind you, begging you to take him home so he can watch the game. If you would have asked me twenty years ago, I would have told you that I’d pay anything for something like this.”
And women agree. Said one Concord shopper, “I’m so glad Marge is doing this. I don’t even care how much it costs. My husband always just ends up sitting on a bench somewhere, looking grumpy. Now he’ll be so happy to go to the mall that he won’t think twice about how much I’m spending while he’s playing with the other boys.”
While Marge’s services include just the basics now, she hopes to be able to add other features—such as a full arcade, virtual reality, and a basketball court—in the near future. According to Marge, “If all goes well, it could even become a nationwide franchise.”
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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