Exit 9: Stop for an Appealing and Eclectic Assortment of Holiday Gifts
Jessica Clegg | December 3, 2007
Looking to avoid Union Square Holiday Fair crowd crush? I did by stopping by Exit 9 Gift Emporium, which opened its Brooklyn location a little over a month ago and has since become my go-to gift source. It has a hand-picked selection of things in all the categories one usually thinks of for gifts, i.e. candles, kitchen gear, jewelry, books, knick-knacks, and ever-more clever, craveable versions of them. I personally crave practically everything in this store, from the brightly colored parrot bottle opener (despite already owning a perfectly serviceable tiki statue version) to the Voluspa tobacco candle (even though or perhaps because I don’t smoke), but can’t logically justify buying it for myself; hence, I buy it for everyone else.
Friends, family, and participators in office holiday gift swap are advised to stop reading here. How could one help but pick up guaranteed-to-be-unexpected gifts like I picked up yesterday afternoon, ranging from the useful (a genius shelf that attaches to your charger and holds your cell phone!), to the semi-useful (a set of postcards with cats demonstrating yoga poses!), to objects having no conceivable justification, but which are irresistible nonetheless (a set of good vs. evil unicorn figurines!).
The Carroll Gardens branch of Exit 9 Gift Emporium is located at 127 Smith St. between Dean and Pacific streets. (Original location: 64 Avenue A between 4th and 5th Streets)
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