Yay, NYC Santa!

You don't know how perfect this gift is for me. I mean, seriously. I love ceramic cups that look like disposable cups, and I love old subway tokens. I'm not even kidding. They're such weird little pleasures, though, that they're the sort of thing I don't even really think of when I'm filling out general "likes and dislikes" forms. I just know that whenever I see them, I'm all "Ooooo, look at that!" In fact, I used to have a handful of old subway tokens from when Chicago stopped using them, and I could just kick myself because I misplaced them sometime in the intervening years, and I really wish I still had them.

Anyway, both of these things are extremely awesome.

I got a necklace made out of an old NYC subway token. Love it! And, I got a ceramic version of the apparently iconic Greek diner coffee cup that is used all over NYC. I've only ever been to NYC once, but I definitely knew I recognized it from somewhere as soon as I opened it. I looked it up online and found out a bit about the history of the cup, and it's a really cool story.

Apparently I can't embed a Vimeo video, so I'll just include a link here to the story behind the original paper cup, as well as this ceramic version:

https://vimeo.com/110150157

I can't believe how much detail went into creating this ceramic version. It even has a paper fold seam up the side! How great is that?

You did a fantastic job, Santa! Thank you!