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SEPTEMBER 1.2006 jUSt|OUt; 7 northwest Ladies Set Sail Web site to secure discounted group rates, which You're a queer woman and you want to go on a may include extras like a kittle of wine, a massage cruise with other lesbians, hut the all-women cruise or room on the ship tor another passenger. ships aren’t going where you want to sail. Thanks to “We want to offer lesbians a cruise without the a travel service called Lez Cruise, markup of an [all-women] cruise,” now you can find out when and said Baccigaluppi. “We can't book where other women like you will the Indigo Girls like they can, but he cruising, so to speak. we can offer a more affordable ¡ "We want to he useful to the cniise experience.” community,” said Mary Dela mater, who started the online Pampering for Pets service with her partner, Lis When your pooch is muddy, Baccigaluppi. She explained that the main purpose nappy and smelly, you can take him to the oldest of Lez Cruise is to provide an alternative to pricey dog and cat grooming and self-wash shop in all-women cruises by helping gay women connect Portland: Beauty for the Beast. online before they book their travel arrangements. I Dogs actually look forward to their baths in this The site also serves as a travel agency. “You don’t bright and colorful facility, where the staff of have to be affiliated with our travel service in any animal-people pamper your pet or let you do the way to use [the site),” Delamater explained. scrubbing yourself. To use the service, women simply go to Not only does Beauty for the Beast offer com www.lezcruise.com and mark the cruise they are fortable tubs that are ideal for aging canines, but it interested in booking or have already booked. They sells a wide variety of pet kxid and supplies, making can then see how many other women are booked it a one-stop shop for all your fur-related errands. on the same trip. The site also offers cruise reviews, “I’ve been told by several of my venders that we a blog and a discussion forum, where women are have the best leash wall in town," said Michael encouraged to arrange meetups before setting sail. Shapiro, owner of Beauty for the Beast’s two stores The burgeoning business, which launched at [ in North and Northeast Portland. “We try to carry Portland Pride 2006, is working with a number of unique products. We have some really fun toys.” major cruise lines. “Every cruise line that we’ve Shapiro, who is gay, broke into the doggie groom and wash biz after a bout of corporate life. I talked to about it has said that’s a great idea,” said business watch since 1993. His NoPoshop, at 5215 N. Lombard St., just opened last month. Response has been positive to the new store, according to Shapiro. "I’d been looking around for a long time for a second location, and North Portland seemed to be a spot in need of a good pet supply and wash. It’s a growing area; I have a lot of friends there. I saw the need,” he said. Shapiro says his store is staffed by other gay and lesbian animal lovers, who are among some of the best groomers and animal handlers in town. When Shapiro is not at his shop, you can catch him petforming with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. For more information about Beauty for the Beast, call 503-288-5280 in Northeast or 503-283-0919 in North Portland. Michael Shapiro, owner of Beauty for the Beast, hoses down a dog at his new North Portland shop. So Long, Madame Madame Bouffant, the community's favorite wig shop for the past three years, is closing its doors Sept. 30. Through the end of the month, every thing over $20 is 50 percent off! Head there now to pick up your wigs, jewelry, accessories and purses, plus everything you’ll need for Halloween, because Madame B is exiting stage left. Baccigalupp. “They are all excited about having He worked for 15 years as a commercial interior “What originally started out as a drunken more gay and lesbian guests on the ships.” designer. compliment from someone—‘Damn, Stef...you Lez Cruise works with the women who use the I His shop at 3832 N.E. Sandy Blvd, has been open I have the coolest wigs, you should totally open up a I HARDWOOD EXTRAVAGANZA FLOOR i walk on style Good Through August - wig store!’—has actually materialized into an important icon in the GBLT community and the city itself,” says Madame Bouffant owner Stefanie Pinniger. “I believe Madame Bouffant has allowed me to cultivate my inner ’gay mamma.’ ” Her clientele consists of “everyone from trannies to drag queens to bachelorettes to thespians to bridge-and- tunnelers and everything else in between." 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