I’m what you might call a serial thrift store shopper. If you look around my house or poke around my closet, you’ll find ...

And they can last anywhere from a year to nearly a decade, depending on how much mileage you rack up in them ... appealing about the soft, spongey, towel-like fabric that covers their interiors ...

After putting this in MANY travel stories, I bought one for myself for a summer European vacation where I found myself at ...