I see so many house tours online that are mostly zoomed in pictures of knickknacks on a shelf, and I'm like «This is NOT a house tour». (domesticimperfection.com)
And with those gifts, it is perfectly acceptable to purchase something outside the norm, since getting money as a gift should be treated as an equivalent to getting clothes, electronics, or other knickknacks as a gift. (thecollegeinvestor.com)
Hess, 46, is tipping back in a chair that's off to the side of — not behind — his desk, which is crowded not just with piles of papers and books, but with knickknacks from vacations to various islands, a wooden pencil case from a recent trip to the Republic of Georgia («My translator looked a lot like Stalin,» he says), and a Cartman squeeze doll from one of his favorite TV shows, South Park. (gse.harvard.edu)