EN MI BLOG de ayer, te mostré algunas cosas que no compré. Nunca te conté sobre algunas de las cosas que compré cuando estábamos en Nueva York en septiembre. Compré un paquete de seis cervezas de ginger ale gourmet (para consumir mientras estuve allí), sin darme cuenta de que "gourmet" significaba que no tenía un tapón giratorio. Esa es la razón para el primer artículo. La tienda, en Smith Street, se llama Exit 9 Gift Emporium y yo podría haber llenado una maleta. Supuestamente es donde compran los "hipsters de Brooklyn".
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| A THUMB RING, BOTTLE OPENER. UN ANILLO DE PULGAR, ABREBOTELLAS. |
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| CORTAUÑAS (NAIL CLIPPERS). |
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| BEE EARRINGS. BECAUSE I'M ALLERGIC TO THE REAL THING (BEES, NOT EARRINGS). ARETES DE ABEJAS. PORQUE SOY ALÉRGICO A LAS COSAS REALES (ABEJAS, NO ARETES). |
I am disappointed to find out the spanish word of hipsters is hipsters. This would not do in French.
ReplyDeleteSpo:
DeleteI was also disappointed. But you DO have to say it with a Spanish accent.
Heeepsterz?
DeleteSpo: Los EEP-stehrz... kind of....
DeleteBee earrings are very nice.
ReplyDeleteRing is also perfect for those moments of flipping off a metal cap or your middle finger.
Nail clippers in copper wow!
Ron:
DeleteI bought the nail clippers for the novelty and they've turned out to be the best I've ever had. I used the thumb ring for one of those bottles of ginger ale. That's it!
Sounds and looks like an interesting shop! You did well.....very practical things.
ReplyDeleteJim:
DeleteThere was so much that I wanted and had no need for. I wouldn't mind going back, though.
Allergic to bees? Oh dear!
ReplyDeleteDebra:
DeleteYep. And they seem to be attracted to me.
I love the nail clippers! The important thing though, do they work? The earrings are cute. I hope you didn't have to pay a whole lot for ginger ale that is harder to open.
ReplyDeleteDeedles:
DeleteThe clippers are the best I've ever had. The ginger ale was delicious but was made from real ginger and would settle out so that it had to be shaken gently. Even so, it left sediment that was kind of disgusting (to me at least). So, I drank one bottle and left the rest in the hotel fridge... which made it even more expensive than it already was... and add that $3.50 thumb ring to the bill!
I think I have heard of this shop.
ReplyDeleteAt our store, they have a whole millennial/hipster shop, targeting that base. It's filled with all kinds of odd and stylist do dads. They seem to have very weird taste on things. Like why one need a cell phone charger in the shape of a heart of poodle I couldn't tell you. But the music tees are cool. I myself bought the Amy Winehouse one.
mistress maddie:
DeleteI wouldn't buy a charger in the shape of a poodle... but I might think about it for a moment.
oh mitch, EVERYONE is attracted to you, not just the bees!
ReplyDeleteanne marie:
DeleteHa! If they're attracted to me, I'm probably allergic to them, too. (But I love you!)
Like the bee earrings.
ReplyDeleteWilma:
DeleteI have two holes in one ear and wear them together.
I guess my views of Brooklyn were shaped by The Honeymooners and Brighton Beach Memoirs. I didn't know it has hipsters(unless you're being sarcastic.)
ReplyDeleteKirk:
DeleteBrooklyn has always been more than it's reputation (and equal to its reputation, as well, unfortunately). Brooklyn Heights and areas nearby were cool even in the '70s. But in recent years, much of Brooklyn has become very trendy and chic... and absurdly expensive. So, yeah, I was serious about the hipsters.
The world needs more shops filled with interesting and offbeat things we want but don't really need. The best places to shop.
ReplyDeleteTravel:
DeleteI need nothing, but can spend hours (and money) in these shops. I was in that shop several times (possibly every time I passed it going from the subway to our hotel). There was one in San Diego when we lived there called Babette Schwartz (owned by a drag queen of that name). A blast!