Sure Halloween is coming. But it’s never too early to start your holiday shopping. However, finding that perfect gift for that special someone -- that can be a chore. It must be personal, impressive, and something that conveys your true feelings of love for them.Might I make a suggestion?
Here in Los Angeles, where good taste and subtlety reigns supreme, the L.A. County Coroner’s office has a gift shop. It’s a natural! Who ever visits the L.A. County Coroner’s office and doesn’t want a souvenir? So you can stop by Skeletons in the Closet and browse through their amazing selection.
And the news gets even better. They have a website. You can order on line!
You thought I was just making this up, didn’t ya?
Some gifts you might want to consider (all from their “Earthly Remains" Collection):
Toe Tag Keychains
Chalk Outline Welcome Mats
Body Bags
Foot Keychains
Coroner BBQ Aprons
Body Shaped Post Its
Miniature Skulls
“Stay Cool” Magnets (get it?)
Coroner Briefcases
Parts Cutting Mats (not sure what that is but I want one)
And of course: DEATH IN PARADISE: An illustrated history of the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office. Now in paperback!
Nothing says you care like Foot Keychains. There is no greater expression of love than Coroner BBQ Aprons. So make this a Christmas she’ll remember. Trust me, every time she sees a dead body she’ll think of you.
The coroner's office gives a Halloween tour too.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty cool.
I understand they are going to open a formalwear shop too. Calling it "Death and Tuxes"
ReplyDeleteMakes sense...being that was the home of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, "Coroner of the Stars"...and of course long before CSI, there was "Quincy, M.E."
ReplyDeleteI've got an LA Coroner sweatshirt from the OJ era. They've been doing this stuff for a long time.
ReplyDeleteAlong with the bus tours of Stars' homes, doesn't L.A. have a tour of famous places where celebs have died?
ReplyDeleteHmm. My word verification is dicesse -- which is not that far off in spelling from decease.
Coincidence?
That's pretty doggone awesome. Joke all you want, I have some friends who are impossible to shop for and this will make them happy.
ReplyDeleteI don't even want to know how they acquire the miniature skulls. Or why they need barbecue aprons. Or if there's any connection.
ReplyDelete::heading over to order the welcome mat::
ReplyDelete"Mary Stella said...
ReplyDeleteAlong with the bus tours of Stars' homes, doesn't L.A. have a tour of famous places where celebs have died?"
We do indeed. Also you can tour Final Resting Places of the Stars. Oliver Hardy is buried not far from where I live, and I think of him as a neighbor
For a while, about 25 years ago, I lived next door to Hollywood Memorial Cemetary, whose southern wall is the northern wall of Paramount Studios. I loved to stroll about it, noting the pompous spectacle of the huge Cecil B. DeMille tomb, the more modest last resting place for Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and sitting for a while on Tyrone Power, whose gave marker is a marble bench.
After all, the stars are Screen Immortals!
I have tried on several occasions to order the chalk outline beach towel. It is always out of stock!
ReplyDeleteYeah, think it was about 10 years ago I first heard they had these "Gift Items." They do make the perfect holiday gift, don't they?
No, I didn't think you were joking. I knew about it long ago--my wife and I started dating when she was interning at the morgue in NYC and the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, and I was doing research for a spec script for "Homicide." So I wound up sitting in on some classes, going to a wonderful forensics convention in Philly, learned all about the LA Coroner's gift shop.
ReplyDeleteNow, twelve years on, she's a college librarian and I never did get on the "Homicide" staff. (And yes, she's got the Tina Fey glasses going on.)
OK, so I didn't order anything, but I did visit the website, because I couldn't help wonder: what do they do with the money?
ReplyDeleteTurns out they fund an anti-drunk-driving program, which is swell.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteL.A. County Coroner’s office has really a nice gift shop and also provide very nice gift(Perfect gift).
Thanks