What's your favorite souvenir? - Democratic Underground

mvd

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:24 PM
Original message

What's your favorite souvenir?

I just got a Christmas souvenir from Williamsburg, VA. It's my favorite because I can put it up with my Christmas decorations every year. I love Christmas.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Longgrain

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:28 PM
Response to Original message

1. I have the sign in sheet from the Boston DU meet up in April

Edited on Fri May-20-05 07:28 PM by Longgrain

I stole..I mean, preserved it when no one was looking.

As well as a few other personal items other DUers gave me.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

hfojvt

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:32 PM
Response to Original message

2. my Jesse Brady album

well, it would be if I had a Jesse Brady album

nb: double inside joke

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

skygazer

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:32 PM
Response to Original message

3. A small stone from the Grand Canyon

I drove there from the Bay Area for my 40th birthday - it was totally spontaneous. It was January, the canyon was gorgeous with a light dusting of snow, no one else was there and I felt like I'd finally figured it all out.

This is one of the trails I walked:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

mvd

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:38 PM
Response to Reply #3

4. That is a beautiful scene!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

skygazer

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:42 PM
Response to Reply #4

5. It was a beautiful trip

I've never felt so spiritually cleansed as I did on that one. I'd decided to just take a road trip but I had no destination in mind. I started driving and when I hit the Arizona border, realized I could get to the Grand Canyon which I'd never seen. I got there at 10 o'clock the morning of my 40th birthday. It was the most spectacular sight I've ever seen and I had it almost entirely to myself.

My 40th was the best birthday I've ever had.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

bridgit

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:42 PM
Response to Original message

6. well, its really not mine but boyfriend's daughter's...

she brought it out today and showed her dad, its an original star wars button she recieved as a child when he & his old girl took her to the orig, its in great shape but looks souvenir'y and will wear it to london's (his now 12yr old grandson) b-day tomorrow to see the sith with a handful of friends. but then its all like...

we like christmas so much our lights are still up + hubby wont throw away x-mas trees says its too sad seeing them in the trash.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

mvd

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 07:48 PM
Response to Reply #6

7. I go to the christmas.com forums throughout the year

When they aren't talking about religious fundamentalism, it's a fun place. They have a daily countdown to Christmas and everything. I like to keep Christmas time special, so that's most of what I do off-season.

The souvenir I got from Williamsburg is a young colonist holding up a personalized "Merry Christmas, Matt" sign.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

CaliforniaPeggy

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 08:09 PM
Response to Original message

8. My favorite Christmas souvenir dates from my childhood...

Edited on Fri May-20-05 08:10 PM by CaliforniaPeggy

And that is one helluva long time ago! It is a tiny, wood deer that someone hand carved. I think that it is actually a fawn. It has a few little white dots on it, and I still hang it from its original hanger. It is exquisite...

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Aristus

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 08:12 PM
Response to Original message

9. This is going to seem a little strange, and anyway, I don't know if

it's a souvenir or a collector's item; but I have a Soviet-made padded fabric tanker's helmet. It's on a shelf in my bookroom perched on one of those green glass heads you can pick up at Pier 1. As an ex-tanker myself, I was interested in seeing how the other guy lived, so to speak. Anyway, that's it.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Duncan Grant

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 08:49 PM
Response to Original message

10. A little piece of pottery from Sussex ("Dicker Ware").

I found a little rust colored vase in an antique shop that someone had used as a pencil holder for decades. Truth be told, I have a few other favorites too. :hi:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

mia

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 09:38 PM
Response to Original message

11. Bimini glass, shells, driftwood, & corals collected from beach walks

Edited on Fri May-20-05 09:40 PM by mia

over a lifetime. The beaches on Bimini are speckled with bits of
surf-worn glass. I have a jar-full on my kitchen windowsill. I scanned these a few years ago.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Canadian Socialist

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 09:40 PM
Response to Original message

12. I don't know if this counts

Edited on Fri May-20-05 09:41 PM by Canadian Socialist

but I brought home a husband from my last visit to Peru. Also, a lovely alpaca, hand woven wall hanging. I'm still deciding which is my favourite.:beer:

Odds are on the wall hanging, BTW, if anyone is working up a pool.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

bertha katzenengel

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 09:42 PM
Response to Original message

13. at the moment, it's something I picked up last weekend at the Outer Banks

it's a tiny iron frog, a good luck talisman that I bought in a souvenir shop.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

nytemare

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 10:00 PM
Response to Original message

14. A chunk of Hitler's garage....the evil bastard!

When I was in the service, I went to Berchtesgaden, where the "Berghof" was. It struck me how gorgeous the place was. I have never been to a place more beautiful. How such an evil fuck was allowed to do to that country what he did still amazes me. So, I took a chunk of what was left there.

It was a strange feeling, looking at the same view that Hitler did. I do not understand how someone could see something so beautiful, day after day, and carry such hatred.

Maybe, someday I will have a chunk of Bush's garage from Texas. In the meantime, a cement looking rock sits in my corner display shelf.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Catchawave

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Fri May-20-05 10:04 PM
Response to Original message

15. My 4 David Letterman Stand-by tickets.....

I just can't plan my trips to NYC far enough ahead to get legitimate tickets. And no, never made it in :(

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Thu May 02nd 2024, 11:18 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.