When you get to the exotic, remote, new destination - I hate it when everything that you find there is the exact same as the place that you left. Specifically shopping. I love a small, independent store with beautiful items and a diversified stock. There is a perfect shop right across from Lish's apartment. It sells everything from cards, jewelry, bags, hats, gifts and now even flowers. This is the type of store that I want to find in every destination.
Usually instead I am faced with the same Gap, Banana Republic and JCrew that I find at home. Now don't get me wrong I love all these places but the chains have taken over. Same difference if it's Gucci, Chanel or Burberry. Walking along Robertson Blvd I could have been on Michigan Ave., Fifth Ave or Newbury Street.
Different wrinkle but same vein is this problem. Not too long ago we were in Italy. While there I bought a striped, scarf that kept me warm on the trip but was also a little different than anything that I had at home or had seen at home. Cruising through Whole Foods the other day I stopped dead in my tracks - there was my scarf. Ugh! There goes my charming travel story.
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