Gifts from USA
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Gifts from USA
I am traveling from NY to Paris to meet some friends that I met online. I am a 43yo woman, and they are two 20something men and a 20something woman.
Does anyone have any idea what kind of small gift I could bring from NY that they might appreciate?
All of us get along really well online, on the phone and IMing each other. However, it is difficult for me as the only older one, to know what they might appreciate.
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Does anyone have any idea what kind of small gift I could bring from NY that they might appreciate?
All of us get along really well online, on the phone and IMing each other. However, it is difficult for me as the only older one, to know what they might appreciate.
Thanks
43go
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Bring something that says NY on it. I once went to the kentucky derby and was staying with clients of my husbands that I had never met. Since I am from VA, I brought all VA items with me, a bottle of Va wine, a coffee mug with Virginia Tech college on it, a variety of virginia peanuts, etc..
You can do the same with items from NY. It can be as simple or as extravagent as you want. Ex, a christmas ornament of a famous NY place, a book with different pictures of NY, three coffee mugs from a famous NY place, etc..
Hope this helps.
You can do the same with items from NY. It can be as simple or as extravagent as you want. Ex, a christmas ornament of a famous NY place, a book with different pictures of NY, three coffee mugs from a famous NY place, etc..
Hope this helps.
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I agree with Kerouac - no mugs. If there's some sort of fashion trend that's sweeping NY (you'll see it on 20-somethings on the street... maybe pins, hats, iPod covers, scarves, etc.), bring that.
Cool NY/Big Apple T-shirts might work, or NY bagels & cream cheese packed in dry ice (very kitschy - I brought this to a friend once via plane).
Or better yet, go to a great shop that only the east has... like Cooper Hewitt (http://www.cooperhewittshop.org/) or some funky shop in the Village populated by 20-somethings. 20-somethings don't bite... ask any of them in those shops what they'd like and they'll think you're great for asking.
Cool NY/Big Apple T-shirts might work, or NY bagels & cream cheese packed in dry ice (very kitschy - I brought this to a friend once via plane).
Or better yet, go to a great shop that only the east has... like Cooper Hewitt (http://www.cooperhewittshop.org/) or some funky shop in the Village populated by 20-somethings. 20-somethings don't bite... ask any of them in those shops what they'd like and they'll think you're great for asking.
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I would bring a New York City trinket, like mini flash light, key chains or pens with the Empire State building or Statue of Liberty for each person. Then ask if they will let you treat them all for dinner one night, or buy a few bottles of wine for their apartments once you are arrive and see what they like.