Crack Open Rivals: The Encyclopedia Bangtannica
Don't read this one aloud to the kids! Also: Let's look at the gift shops of Newport's Gilded Age mansions.
It’s almost summer and as such, everyone’s fancy turns to vacation, either real ones or fantasies — which are sometimes better because you don’t have to pay for them and your luggage never gets lost. This means it’s also prime gift shop season, and thus we return to Enter Through the Gift Shop, a semi-regular feature here at Drinks With Broads where I examine the online (and sometimes brick-and-mortar) gift shops of the world’s museums and the museum-adjacent to figure out the kookiest thing they sell. I was shocked when I did some digging and realized that we haven’t dipped into a gift shop since August. My apologies, and I will make this up to you by taking you to… Rhode Island. Specifically to the online gift shop of Newport Mansions.org, the collective home of the many Gilded Age mansions still standing in Newport, RI, at which you can gawk should you find yourself there and the spirit moves you. To be clear, should I find myself in Rhode Island, I would OBVIOUSLY ABSOLUTELY DO TH…