Crafts, content strategy, flatware, and dogs. Not necessarily in that order.
I went to Tillicum Village on Blake Island with my coworkers for our summer team event today, but the gift shop didn’t have a single souvenir spoon. My coworker, saddened by my plight, offered up this basic piece of dining room flatware as a stand-in.
The best summer vacations I can remember were spent at Neskowin on the Oregon coast. My parents and all of their friends would gather every summer (or at least it seemed like every summer) and there would be eating, swimming, sand castle building, mini golf on the beach, whiffle ball tournaments, and birthday celebrations. All the adults drank fancy cocktails and everyone was happy.
At some point on each trip, we would go to the Pixie Kitchen for dinner, Yachats for agate collecting, and Sea Lion Caves to see the sea lions.
One one of those trips (I’m gonna guess 1978), I picked up this tiny fork and spoon set from the tacky little gift shop at Sea Lion Caves.
Today’s spoon is a lovely little souvenir from Alaska, featuring a very poor representation of the state flag at the top.
Why Alaska? Well, on this day in 1975, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared, never to be heard from again. And although there have been many theories about where his body may have ended up, it’s safe to say that he’s not in Alaska.