Tag Archives: Wacky Souvenirs

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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The Patriotic Tattoo

This past 4th of July (America’s Independence Day) I met a man who’d had his telephone area code tattooed to his shoulder. I was dumbfounded when he told me this. We were sitting around a bonfire in Santa Cruz, California … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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