Sunday, June 14, 2009

Souvenirs

I walked into a gift shop of F street, you know, the kind I swore I would never set foot in while I was here because the last thing I want to do is get pegged as a tourist. I live here. But we needed to get a few postcards, and one who buys postcards is one who is most definitely a tourist. At least it's not too often that I send my friends, "Wish you were here" greetings from Provo . . .

The sight inside the gift shop was truly hilarious. There were two tour groups in there. One, a young group of Jewish school boys topped with yarmulkes and the second, a group of fairly severely handicapped adults. The commentary the groups made about the various objects stuffed in the shelves were so comical when juxtaposed.

But my favorite comment wasn't regarding the merchandise at all. Rather, it was spurred from the the music playing in the store. Britney Spears' Stronger came on the speakers and one of the boys started singing in his prepubescent soprano voice with his eyes closed and his body swaying. Another boy turned to his friend and said, "He must think he's the Britney Spears of Israel or something."

1 comment:

naomi megan. said...

hey paige,

penn camera here in dc develops holga film in house and same day! also it was only $4.99 a role which is way cheaper than any place i've ever been! they are awesome.

have so much fun in nyc! i'd recommend the MoMA (free on friday nights), shake shack in madison square park if you like burgers and awesome shakes (they also have a location near the nyc temple around 79th and columbus)! if you walk the brooklyn bridge go to grimaldi's for pizza on the other side... levain cookie on 74th and amsterdam on upper west side has the best cookies in the entire world... walk around soho and west village, awesome shops and cafes...

i guess i could go on forever... and i guess it just depends on what you like and want to see... if you want to email me for more info, feel free. i don't really know what you like or have already tried.... naomi.megan@gmail.com

have fun!

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