Review #136: Atlantic Grasshopper suitcase
I found this at a thrift store for $4. I’m certainly not planning a trip or anything, but I don’t have a real suitcase. This thing is so cool I couldn’t pass it up. Plaid is one of my favorite colors.
Today I had the brilliant Idea to look inside any pockets to see if there were any left over treasures. I found a couple of things. First, a clothespin and some safety pins:
Then a bar of soap from Travelodge, circa god knows when.
The best thing was this: The original key to the lock on the zipper! it says “presto” on it.
Man, I’m glad I bought this.
May 10th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Wow! I have a pair of red tartan ones that I’ve used for years. I inherited them from my mother, who I believe received them from her father in the 1960s. Unfortunately the baggage handlers of the 1990s and 2000s haven’t been all the kind to them as they’ve gotten pretty beat up over the past 10 or so years. I’ll tell ya though, when that sucker comes rolling off the conveyor belt there’s no mistaking it — generic black roller-bags be damned!