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Totes Extra-Large Folding Umbrella
amazon.com Not only is this folding umbrella as large as a full-size umbrella, but it has a life-time warranty. If it breaks, send it back and Totes will send you a new one, which makes it well-worth...
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Simple, Classic Swiss Army Knife
amazon.com Although you can get Swiss Army knives with an endless number of tools, we consider this to be the bottom line, lightweight model for basic travel. It’s got pretty much all you’ll need on...
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Portable Watercolor Field Box
amazon.com We love this modern-day portable watercolor field box our friend takes on her travels through Italy, Morocco and India. It fits in her purse and holds 24 watercolors in half-pan size, so...
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Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James
David Downie and Alison Harris’ book Paris to the Pyrenees documents the pair’s pilgrimage along the Way of St. James in France. As Alison shared with IL, “…the walk and photos were a glorious act of...
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Opinel French Folding Knife
When going on a picnic or camping outdoors or someone else’s house rented house where I know I’m going to be cooking, I bring a classic folding French picnic knife along to ensure I will have a SHARP,...
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Nissan Unbreakable Stainless Steel Thermos
We have two of these sleek, unbreakable thermoses: one for tea and other mild-flavored beverages, and one for coffee. We use them to take beverages we want to keep hot or cold with us to sit in the...
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Italy for the Gourmet Traveler
Sally used this guidebook herself in 1996 when traveling through Italy and it proved indispensable––Plotkin (who had been traveling in Italy since 1973) forged the guide from years of passionate...
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How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
amazon.com We’re loving illustrator Keri Smith’s 59 ideas for how to creatively “shift” and wake your mind by engaging with your surroundings in new and interesting ways. As Brain Pickings noted...
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Dr. Bronner’s Lavender Castile Liquid Soap
The much-beloved all-purpose animal-free Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap made its way onto Sally’s hardwood floors…and the results were spectacular! Other than being a bit of a cult product and quite...
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Classic String Bag
etsy.com I’ve long been a fan of the classic, humble string bag. It’s unique because unlike most bags, it changes structure according to its contents: a real shape-shifter. What starts as a small ball...
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Chic Multi-Purpose Vial for Tiny Essentials
Once, necessary functional objects were quiet tokens of personal style. Wrist watches, cigarette lighters, address books and compacts brought glamour and pleasure to everyday rituals. But they are...
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Black Bungee Cord
We’ve found the chic, little black dress of bungee cords! These “Perfect Bungee Cords” come in an array of colors from military drab to lemon yellow, but we especially love the slick black...
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Before They Pass Away
amazon.com British Photographer Jimmy Nelson spent three years traveling to some of the most remote places on earth to document unique, endangered tribal cultures with his 4 x 5 view camera. The...
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You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination
Another inventive and valuable release from longtime favorite publisher Princeton Architectural Press, You Are Here is a collection of maps and charts of places both real and imaginary. Along with...
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