In the view of businessman Frank Ferguson, he's filling a real need for a group of people who really need help. The fact he's having a great time in the bargain is just icing on the cake. The rest of the merchandise in here, well, it really makes it a fun store.
People enjoy themselves in here.
They say they've never seen anything like it. Ferguson knows canes since he's sold them since 1969, the year he purchased Bowerman's Pharmacy, at the corner of Post and Mason streets in downtown San Francisco. He ran the full-service drug store which sold lots of items besides canes, too for two decades before selling it in 1989. They range from the most basic models to stylish walking companions made of such materials as rosewood, teakwood, ebony and brass, others with wildly colorful patterns. He even has distinctive, antique-style canes specially made for him by a Russian artisan, and carries a wide array of both rustic and refined walking sticks designed for hikers.