By Lisa @Privilege
Hand towels. Is there anything more perfect than an embellished hand towel? That’s a rhetorical question, hyberbolic, even. And yet.
The season for house guest presents, often called “hostess gifts,” is upon us. A house guest present means you are spending the night at someone’s house. A house guest present calls for something that will endure beyond your leaving. And should be something your hostess is unlikely to buy for herself.
Gumps, in San Francisco, is a store put together to serve those who might have friends with houses by the sea, and guest bathrooms. They sell hand towels for everyone, or, apparently, every hobbyist, including the gardener, equestrienne, and koi collector. And yes, people do collect koi, even though they are hard to scratch... More...
