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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Local Folk Tote bags

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

For the Love Of Crap..

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Coolest Mugs...

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Contrary to very popular belief, the word souvenir is not French for "tacky crap", yet over the years it seems as though this innocuous little loanword (meaning 'memory') has become synonymous with all that I hate (yet secretly love) about the modern tourist experience.

Even though I have traveled to over 100 cities in more than 40 countries, my most indelible memory of the dire state of souvenirs comes from when I was just 12: trudging the dark, cold streets of London just before Christmas 1979; desperately trying to find something half-decent worth buying. Sadly my recollection is not one of style and originality, but that of dank, fluorescent-lit basement shops, cracked vinyl floors – and the most depressing array of poor quality tat known to man. Fast forward 29 years and very little has changed, in fact thanks to Princess Diana, things have probably got just that much worse!

So let's just say that this is a blog is dedicated to the "love" of souvenirs – tacky, good, weird, obscure, funny – and trying to answer the age old question: why do people continue to buy this stuff?

My collection is always growing and my interest in stuff from around the world is insatiable. Anything fun you've seen, please share it with us! Enjoy.

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