Travel Minimalist Gifts

"We'd like to get away from it all, but stay within walking distance to a 'Starbucks'."

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

The experienced backpacker.

I rather like bucket and spade holidays.

'Do you realize that we're sitting in a prefabricated house, eating precooked dinners, and listening to Chris Matthews' opinions?'

'Hey...remember T.V.?

"And with the optional remote you make all these little lights go off and on really quickly." You can have an IT system with all the latest bells and whistles...or you could have one that WORKS

Typewriters and Laptops.

"Not to mention the park view."

Your Entire Life Delivered To Your Door!

'Home is where I hang my bat.'

"Their wedding registry has 8 place settings of double wall, stainless steel water bottles."

"For some, minimalism begins at a very early age..."

'You always wanted a larger office with a view.'

Recession - A Zen Mindfulness Retreat

"I need an apartment just big enough for a laptop, a coffee cup, and me."

'One day, son, all this will be yours.'

"Of course it's not a mirage - mirages don't wear Chanel No 5."

Those magnificent men and their reading machines.

High Tech/Low Tech.

Noah's Arc "And that's when I realized I had two of everything I needed, right in front of me, this whole time."

CHEZ MOI - formerly CHEZ NOUS

"I need a teeny tiny handbag so I don't have to stow away my husband's wallet, phone and reading glasses."

"Do you have this in a flat brown sandal?"

Generic Products

"I'm going off the grid with the option of grid-binging whenever I want."

Excess Baggage: People will do almost anything to avoid paying those fees for checked baggage.

"I think my filing cabinet is a little more practical."

'No, it's not a new iPhone, it's a Swiss army knife.'

"I think investors have been a bit concerned about these tiny 'microflats' we're converting."

"Anywhere that doesn't have tvs, computers, radios, ipods,cell phones or video games."

Blonde woman talking to airport bookshop assistant, 'I'll be spending a lot of time by the pool - do you have anything in pink that would match my bikini?'

STRIP Hambone: Neddle-less christmas tree screen saver

"Say something. I forget what you sound like."

I've got no cell phone, no computer, no grumbling wife, no stupid boss. Feel free to envy me.