Comments on: Every Mug Tells a Story

By: Lea

Lea — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:50:14 +0000

Hello! Loved this post… ambled over from ZebraSounds, where I caught Judy’s tweet. I’m a new-again Minnesota resident (used to live here 10 years ago and now am back), and I’ve been dying to go Up North. Now I’m going to make it happen!

Your descriptions of mugs, all things delicious, and your family’s traveling tradition have made me a new fan!

By: kelly

kelly — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:03:37 +0000

Love your cup stories. I have mine as well and some are getting quite old so are accompanied by a cautionary comment if I see my relatively soon to using them for his tea habit husband who assures me he will not drop one. I think your #11 is my fave and of course things have left restaurants with me.

By: muddywaters

muddywaters — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0000

Great post. When I travel, I snag bumper stickers. I have a file cabinet in my classroom that is plastered with my bumper stickers. About once a week, I take a moment to read my stickers and relive my life on the road.

I hope all is well.

By: Valkyrie

Valkyrie — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:52:48 +0000

I’m so glad I’m not the only one! I have a sizable mug collection, which is all the more amusing to my family, since I don’t drink coffee. I find that mugs are among my favorite souvenirs to bring back from trips. They’re also among my favorite book companions, when filled with various yummy goodnesses.

I took my largest ones with me to college, and they got me through many all-nighters, filled with instant hot chocolate or apple cider, or the occasional chai. (My dorm room windows redefined the word “drafty.” I could get a papers-strewing breeze through them while they were closed.)

By: theresa/t does wool

theresa/t does wool — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:32:23 +0000

yes…each one does tell a story Marilyn…I have a collection of stories myself~~great post!

By: Emily Lou

Emily Lou — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:45:24 +0000

Fun idea! My favorite mug is one I painted a few years ago. I love it because: 1. The quote on it reminds me, “Life is God’s gift to you; What you do with it is your gift to him.” 2. It’s big enough to (almost) fit all the coffee I need to function!

As for your collection, the Jayhawk mug is my favorite… but I’m a little partial.

By: AllisonG

AllisonG — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:49:03 +0000

I have the same WS cups, also wedding registry gifts, sans Lucky Green. I love them anyway.

If you like stationery, http://www.felixdoolittle.com has multiple illustrations with our cups.

By: Dina

Dina — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:34:50 +0000

My favorite mug is one that I painted at one of those pottery painting places — it’s got chips all over it now, but its got cute hearts and vines all over it. Makes me happy to look at it!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:52:02 +0000

Moomin-shwag! I love it. I shall have to work that term into conversation.

By: Summer

Summer — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:57:08 +0000

I certainly have a mug-devoted shelf…actually it’s a whole cabinet that holds anything that I can put tea into (the tea has a whole shelf in my pantry). There are definitely grad school giant mugs that held lots of hot black tea, a Wonder Woman mug, a Prima Tazza mug, a mug from a theatre in Vermont that reads “Get Lost at Lost Nation Theatre, and two Harlequin-patterned mugs from a friend in England.

The shelf above has four teapots and a 6-cup set of Chinese tea cups that I bargained to half the asking price in Beijing. But my favorite of all is a hand painted teapot that my best friend painted. It’s covered in little cherries (which remind me of polka dots and therefore just make me smile) and is signed “Love Ellie.”