High-street Nostalgist Gifts

"We were a once proud nation of shopkeepers!"

"I like New York, but I miss sleeping drunk on my front lawn."

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

'Oh no! You're obviously smaller than me, Joy!' 'You're not fat, 'cause those pants were tight on me too Verl.'

"It's a sad state of affairs when Lever House begins to seem like a warm old friend."

If you give a mouse a french cookie

"Ooh look, the high street's evolved to survive!"

Courtney Love

"Can I call you back? I'm creating happy memories of my childhood for my father."

"Forty years ago on this very seat I proposed to you. Made up your mind yet?"

"It's great having all the space, but Dan has been missing the city a bit."

"It warms my heart to see their look of hope that we might not just buy it online."

Church in the year 2035.

'Your problem is that you're a Johnny Carson guy in a Jay Leno world.'

Gin Lane.

Life before fitness trackers.

"We've known each other for a while now, so I feel it's the right time to ask – are you a psychological manifestation of my nostalgic longing of a romanticised past?"

Admit it! You're gonna miss High School. Best 5 1/2 Years of Your Life.

"Since he retired he misses his meetings."

'Mmm that's a bit different for 8:45.'

'I haven't gained much weight...I'll bet I can still fit into the pants I wore in high school...'

"These days, I suppose it doesn't matter whether you've read Thomas Mann or not."

'It was good enough in 1905 it's good enough now.'

Things are changing back like the old days!

Subway Series

"That was really funny, Gramps, what was it called?"

"Don’t look now, Artie, but there’s a Starbucks where your favorite shrub used to be."

'This is one of the few things you still can't do off-line.'

Do you remember when all we had to do was go to the filing cabinet and take out the file?

The Grave of the Manuscript

'Entering Simsdale.....'

'I'm feeling nostalgic, son, thinking of the days when you could tell the back from the front on a pair of underpants.'

"Even though I enjoy the convenience of online shopping, I really miss being a difficult customer."