Toys and stuff, yay!
This place was a joy to browse in, and definitely worth a look if you're in the area. The cabinets on all the walls are full of toys, oddities, and apparel from all over the world. There's a room for coats and clothes, a small but nice selection of furry slippers and shoes, and there's a lovely table right in the middle with all kinds of jewelry, rings, bracelets, etc. There's a whole room in the back dedicated to South American stuff as well.
My favorite part? The toys of course! Right when you enter the store, you're greeted by a cheery standing rack full of cuddly, furry animal hand puppets of all kinds, that just call out to be tried on and played with. Further in the back there are racks of respective finger puppets, and shelves full of pretty little beaded and wooden figures - both doll house types and these awesome string-controlled wooden puppets (not quite marionettes, since they're controlled from underneath). There was this awesome pair of scissors shaped like a bird, with the blades in the shape of a beak. I wish I had taken a picture of it, but oh well.
Overall, the prices are very reasonable, especially some of the coats and clothing. Some of the small toys were a little too high in my opinion though. I mean, who in their right mind wants to pay five bucks for a tiny wooden flowerpot smaller than a pinky joint? Come on. The jewelry was very affordable though, and I bought myself a pretty silver ring as a souvenir for five bucks.
Five bucks, you say? Aw shucks, I coulda gotten that flowerpot. read more