{"id":57,"date":"2014-10-24T02:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diningtraveler.com\/2014\/10\/red-barn-mercantile-what-to-bring-home.html"},"modified":"2015-04-03T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T19:30:18","slug":"RedBarnMercantile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/2014\/10\/RedBarnMercantile.html","title":{"rendered":"Red Barn Mercantile: What to Bring Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
From all the moving I’ve done during the last fifteen years, I’ve realized that bringing too many souvenirs on the road can be a burden. I’ve also realized that the t-shirt or the cheesy souvenirs some bring back do not have any value added nor represent the time you spent at a certain destination. The more I travel, the more I gravitate towards small businesses where I can bring something unique back to my friends and loved ones. <\/p>\n
Last Friday, I discovered Red Barn Mercantile<\/a> as I was part of the Old Town Alexandria Blogger Crawl organized by Carlis of Spicy Candy DC<\/a>. The shop began as an antique shop but now it has a diverse selection of items that are hand selected by Amy, the owner of the shop. Just as its location of Old Town Alexandria, the shop really reflects Americana: beautiful hand-stitched pillows of all fifty states, small batch cocktail mixes, and small representations of the region such as a nautical themed Alexandria pillow.<\/p>\n