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player ready...Fancy yourself a wordly consumer, but you happen to be working with a more local travel budget? New York City-based Kiosk (kioskkiosk.com) can take you — and your credit card — on a whirl across the global marketplace, no passport required. And their e-shop makes sure the non-Manhattanites among us are served, too.
The store and site feature limited-stock items grouped in installations (a la art gallery exhibits) touting source locations as themes, you’ll find a variety of wares from around the world.
From the current “America 3” installation, offerings include a striking blue Dietz hurricane lantern ($35), Coffee Time coffee-flavored syrup from Rhode Island ($5), a snake-in-the-can prank labeled “Delicious After Dinner Mints” ($8) from New Jersey. From the recent “Iceland” installation, among the items still available are various candy bars (about $3 each).
In their “Ongoing Items” section, buy a dart set ($48) from Finland or a Citra Sipper ($5) from Florida. The latter is a fantastic gizmo that you insert into an orange to be able to drink directly from it.
Kiosk’s product write-ups are also a great source of brain candy, which can make for hours of devoured time browsing. Did you know, for example, that at least some hula hoops are made in the Bronx? Before their stock sold out, you could have bought one from Kiosk for $6.
But, while scanning the sold-out items is fun, there are plenty more great finds available on the site, so get e-surfing for a clever gift for yourself or that friend who has everything.