I’m embarking on the travel adventure of a lifetime: from my childhood home of Brooklyn, New York to a 500 sq. ft. studio on the Upper East Side in the city.

Whilst packing, I came across these little guys – familiar friends that accompanied me across many foreign lands over the past 4 years:

Many are MIA (Brazil had been swiped @ an Ihla Grande hostel, Mexico was gifted to a fellow solo traveler from Arkansas, Kenya was left behind with my most generous Nairobi hosts, Italy has been displaced in the house move, Shanghai was given to my baby bro, San Francisco was lent out and never returned, etcetera).

Keep or give away?