Tacky Souvenir Series
Would You Buy These? The Hawaiian Souvenir Edition
From the ‘utterly useless souvenir’ category comes the following: scented clocks, clothing for your wine bottle, leis made out of dog-biscuits and a duster shaped like a hula dancer. I can only imagine the tough time someone must have had trying to come up with ways to market these…Judging from the dust that was collecting … Continue reading
Would You Buy These?
These were for sale in the tourist market in Granada, Nicaragua. I don’t want to make fun of these too much because obviously a lot of time and care was put into them. I mean, just look at the detail in the man’s Tom Selleck moustache. And the artist even thought to add a touch … Continue reading
Vacation Souvenirs: Why Do We Buy Them?
I don’t buy souvenir’s when I travel because frankly, I don’t see the point. Do I really need some tacky fridge magnet shaped like a sombrero to remind me that I went to Mexico? Um, no. Thank you. And ditto with hula girl dashboard dolls from Hawaii, Nevada license plate hand bags from Las Vegas … Continue reading
The Souvenir Tattoo
Photo by Monocular Jack One of my old co-workers once had the name and image of the cruise ship we worked on tattooed to his upper arm. We were on Nassau in the Bahamas and he was drunk on this sudden, new found love for the cruise line industry as well as just plain drunk … Continue reading
