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Vancouver and the Olympics!

Yippee! Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - the host of Womyns'Ware's flagship store - is hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. If you're thinking of visiting Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, make Womyns'Ware a part of your travel plans. Borrowing from the Olympic Bid Committee, we say "Let's invite the world in!"

Our location is smack dab in the middle of all of the most convenient travel routes to the prime event facilities. We're a 10 minute drive (20 minutes by transit on Sky Train; 30 minutes on foot using the Adanac bikeway trail) to B.C. Place for the opening, closing and medal ceremonies. Likewise, to General Motors Place (the "garage") for hockey, the Pacific Coliseum for figure skating, and the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre for the media hub. If you're going up Howe Sound to the snow boarder or alpine events, we're only a 15 minute car trip to the North Shore, using the convenient Second Narrows crossing. The three local ski areas (Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain and Mount Seymour) look down over our street!

Couple our convenient location with the area's shopping, restaurants, and comfortable accommodations and we think you'll see why you should make us your Olympic headquarters.

Planned 2010 Shoppers Specials include: special edition "in celebration of an Olympic-worthy" Penis Rings any combination of five Penis Rings at $10 off the combined retail price - that's five for ten discount, a lasting penis ring enhanced legacy to the games :) By the way, ever wondered what the colours of the rings stand for? To help you gear up for the games, here's some answers to some basic Olympic trivia: what do the rings symbolize? who lights the flame? what order do the athletes enter the opening ceremony? and more ...

• 10% discount to all event ticket holders
• free Sex Toy Guide (with $5 coupon) to all accredited press
• Podium Product: Free Clit Pod to all gold, silver and bronze medal winners! It's like a little mini Canadian Touque souvenir!!
• Lube Luge Special: Free Slip Kit to registered lugers



A big "Go K & K Go" shout out to the anonymous scribes behind our favourite snarky wit collective at Kudos and Kvetches for mentioning us in their summary of the Olympic opening ceremony highlights, thusly: "A big, lingering hug to the designers of the “ice” totem poles erected in the middle of the stadium, which reminded us to buy new batteries for our self-pleasuring device we bought at Womyn’s Ware."


Our Olympic-Worthy Penis Ring discount recently caught the attention of reporters at 24 Hours, leading to this Q&A exchange:

Q: What inspired you to offer the various Olympic discounts and specials?

A: Welcoming the world ( or at least the multitude of sports fans, media and competitors from Winter Sport countries) inspired us to do our bit in recognizing that the 2010 Olympics have come to Vancouver.

Q: It looks like you guys aren't doing anything against VANOC's regulations and aren't stealing the logos or anything, but what precautions have you taken to avoid any action? I assume you were pretty careful about it.

A: Regardless of topic, we're always careful about our on-line posts. We take our responsibility as a company with a reputation for thoughtful analysis seriously.

Q: As a local business, how do you view the Olympics? Is it an opportunity to gain exposure to a bigger market or do you feel its geared toward the benefit of a few?

A: Keeping abreast of the Olympics or any other high profile event, sporting or otherwise makes good business sense. The 2010 Winter Olympics are here and so are we, so we've got to adapt our operations to minimize foreseeable negative impacts and maximize positives. We learned this lesson the hard way when we neglected to schedule extra staff during the federal Liberal convention ... thankfully the floor manager put the A-line-skirts and blunt-professional-bobs she observed together, and figured out that extra staff needed to be called in on the fly!

Q: Your store isn't exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Olympic tourist traps. What's the link? Why do you think Womyn's Ware and the games mesh?

A: You're right: the experience of shopping at a venue as unique as Womyns'Ware can hardly be compared to visiting a tourist trap. Our niche as a pioneer for the health-conscious consumer and arguably "Canada's mothership of quality sex products and novice-friendly information": Shared Vision makes us a destination for tourists to enjoy, particularly those who are looking for the kind of spots that come recommended in Alt. Tourist guides like Secret Vancouver, The Unknown City, and Lonely Planet. Who wouldn't want to visit "the happiest place in the City": CBC's Living Vancouver! and the "funkiest and most feted sex shop in town": Enroute.  And why not Womyns'Ware + Olympic sports? Both sex and sporting activities are excellent cardiovascular endeavours AND statistically I've read that sex is more often engaged in during the Winter months, just like the luge.

Q: Commercial Drive itself is pretty far from the Olympic hub during the games. What has been the general expectation from that community towards the game and what kind of impact will it have? Are you expecting to see more or less business?

A: Conjuring general expectations is beyond our purview but identifying a hub, we can do! Not only is The Drive Vancouver's Expressive Edge: www.thedrive.ca , Commercial Drive is smack dab in the midst of the Olympic activity.

Q: Anytime the Olympics come to a city, you hear about vast quantities of condoms being handed to athletes. How does sex play into an event like the Olympics for athletes, locals and tourists alike?

A: Sexuality is part of the human condition ... Can't see why athletes, locals and tourists would STOP being sexual during the games!