With perhaps fifteen minutes before boarding my flight from Boston Logan International Airport to the Twin Cities, New England Collections caught my attention. This store was located across from the gate where I would be boarding my flight.
This store is a cool gift shop. You can get everything from New England t-shirts with specific local sayings, to salt water taffy and baked beans. Years ago, I did a road trip that took me eastbound through the Maritime provinces. I then took a ferry with my car over to the States and drove back. One of my stops was Boston for a few days.
I look back at that time and I don't think I got any souvenirs. I was more focused on making memories and eating as much seafood as possible. This store made up for it.
This store had so many different lobster (I should say lobstah to fit in) plushies. They varied from sizes to whether they were wearing sailor hats. I got a medium-sized one with Boston embroidered on one of its claws. I have a small collection of crab plushies (they are mostly Squishmallows and represent my astrological sign), but I didn't have a lobster one until I bought one here.
I paid at the counter. The woman wasn't the friendliest. I find that it's a normal Bostonian thing. I came across as being overly cheerful and friendly in comparison, which was weird because that's simply who I am. I paid for my purchase with a credit card. I got a small bag to protect my lobster plushie. I thanked her and walked out of the store, happy with my purchase.
My New England lobster came with me to the Twin Cities and then home to Markham. I think it has more travel experience than most of my plushies.
I enjoyed briefly browsing and shopping at this store. I may need to revisit Boston, as my road trip was well over a decade. I'm sure there's so much more to check out, including a longer perusal of this store's merchandise.
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