Al Fresco
While I was out today running last minute errands for our trip (we leave in 5 days!!!) I stopped into REI to pick up a small SIGG water bottle to bring with me as well as one of those neoprene insulator pouches with a strap so I can hang it off my camera bag or my messenger bag I also picked up this incredible cute little case.
Can you guess what it is?
More photos and a description below.
It is the worlds cutest travel picnic set!
When we travel we like to stop in local shops and pick up a bit of this, a nibble of that, some cheese, some pate and eat as we travel around rather than always stopping somewhere for lunch.
It's always been tough in a rental car with no comforts of home, hoping the cheese monger or local shop has plastic utensils or buying a knife to cut cheese and then leaving it there when we come home.
This is the perfect solution. Small enough to fit in the suitcase, it measures 11 X 7 X 2.5 and has everything you need for a picnic on the road.
Two wine glasses, a bottle opener/corkscrew, a full set of metal knives, forks and spoons, a CHEESE KNIFE(!). A small cutting board (on the right) and underneath the board two plates, a cloth to spread out and a small condiment set.
It is called En Route and you can find it at REI and other locations.
I am getting ridiculously excited. Ahhhhh vacation.
How freaking adorable! I am envious of both the trip and the pate. Have a wonderful time!
Posted by: KT | May 03, 2008 at 11:44 PM
I love REI and this is such a find- I can see lots of great impromptu picnics in your future!
Posted by: Deborah Dowd | May 04, 2008 at 09:11 PM
I cannot thank you enough for featuring this in your post! We leave for a long road trip in 41 days (yep, couldn't have done this last year when gas was $2.50/gallon) and this is just what we need for food-stops. Absolutely perfect! I'm heading to REI later this week. THANKS!!!
~Vicci
Posted by: Vicci | May 04, 2008 at 10:29 PM
That is so unbelievably awesome, utterly perfect for the sort of journey you'll be having.
It's exactly the perfect solution. I'm tempted to get one, too!
Posted by: margaret | May 05, 2008 at 07:28 PM
I'm thinking I LOVE REI even more than I did before!!!
Click, click and CLICK! And it is on it's way to me to take up residence in my car.
Have a wonderful trip Jo!
Posted by: breadchick | May 06, 2008 at 08:57 AM