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         Manchester, VT
     7                         TOP 10 SOUVENIRS
         MAP K6  •  www.
     manchesterdesigneroutlets.com
     Three dozen or so designer outlets
     with top fashion names like Armani,
     Tse, and Michael Kors, and home
     decor ranging from silver tableware
     to hand-woven Tibetan rugs, make
     Manchester, Vermont, a mecca for
     picking up upscale bargains.
         Harvard Square,
     8
         Cambridge, MA
     MAP F2  •  www.harvardsquare.com
     America’s most literary city is home   Red Sox baseball cap
     to two comprehensive bookstores,
     one of which prints out-of-print    1  Vermont Snow Globe
                               Capture winter permanently to set
     titles on demand. Also around   on your knickknack shelf.
     Harvard Square are specialists in
     used books, poetry, foreign and   2  Tom Brady Bobblehead Doll
     Marxist literature, and comic books.   The quarterback of the New England
                               Patriots football team is gridiron hero
                               to some, matinee idol to others.
                               3  Black Dog T-shirt
                               A black labrador T-shirt says “Martha’s
                               Vineyard” to anyone who has ever
                               visited the Black Dog restaurant there.
                               4  Red Sox Baseball Cap
                               Show your loyalty in the epic rivalry
                               between the Boston Red Sox and the
                               New York Yankees.
                               5  Lobster Keychain
                               The bright crimson of New England’s
                               quintessential crustacean makes your
                               keys easier to spot.
     Searching for books, Harvard Square  6  Pine-Scented Pillow
         Weston, VT
     9                         Mainers have been selling these
                               fragrant headrests to tourists since
         General stores face each
     other across the main street in this   steamships first started running in
                               the 1830s.
     picturesque village. The warren of   7  “This Car Climbed Mount
     rooms in the Vermont Country Store   Washington” Bumper Sticker
     contains all kinds of clever gadgets,   People will regard your old clunker
     outdoors apparel, cooking utensils,   with new respect.
     and an excellent selection of New   8  Nantucket Lightship Basket
     England foods (see p111).  True folk art commands high prices
         Wellfleet Flea Market &
     0                         for basket-purses with fashion cachet.
                               9  Woody Jackson “Holy Cow” Art
         Drive-In, Wellfleet, MA
     MAP H4  •  Rte 6  •  Apr–Oct  •  Adm    Jackson’s cow-themed art has cornered
                               the market on the iconic black-and-
     •  www.wellfleet cinemas.com/   white Vermont cows, with prints, cards,
     flea-market               calendars, collectibles, and T-shirts.
     More than 200 vendors offer a   10  Maine Tourmaline Jewelry
     mixture of trash and treasures,   The most famous Western Maine
     including the occasional antique, in   tourmalines are “watermelon” stones
     the wide-open spaces of a drive-in   with pink centers and green edges.
     theater near the end of Cape Cod.



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