Adivasi

Elite '08

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Arwen O.

San Francisco, CA

I wouldn't exactly call this a tobacco shop (they describe their wares as "cultural embellishments"). It's an import shop, but with a quirkier eye than I've seen in any other. All of their things are from India: gorgeous textiles, printed calico quilts, carved wooden textile blocks, old water-stained prints of Krishna and his milkmaids dug out of who knows what attics, lovely silk-covered notebooks, standard-issue yoga posters, the usual jewelry. The only downer was the glassy-eyed blonde clerk and the fact that their fantastic book collection (cultural photo tours from the 60s, old Hindu comic books) isn't for sale....

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Elite '08

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Greycella L.

Brattleboro, VT

Yay Adivasi! I feel good about plunking my money down here because the owners are wonderful people who care about their employees and their customers. So many beautiful things, curtains and rugs and duvets and tapestries and incense and jewelry....a great place to pop in and get inspired for a birthday present or treat yourself to a little something. I use their train mats for morning stretches and for my pooches to nap on in the chilly months when the floor is cold. Their tapestries hold up well over time and haven't faded much afters years of washing. Their special blend of incense as well as their loose leaf chai mix are shopping staples for me. One of Brattleboro's gems.

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