Susan's Store Room – Blog Steiff Bears, Books Gifts, San Francisco, CA

The store is filled with Gifts from the Sea.   Shells, books, decorations, cards, mermaids,

handmade mermaid houses, Steiff fish, a giant Steiff Starfish  and a giant Sea Lion.  We have just

about any sea creature you can think of.    Dolls and Gifts from Hawaii.  Leis, vintage hula girls, a windup

surfer, and more.  Come take a look.

If you see any items in our window photos you are interested in purchasing just give us a

call.   415 456 1333.

We are getting ready for the Fourth of July and our BIG SUMMER SALE.

Every year around the Fourth of July we have our Big Side Walk SALE.

Everything on Sale is 50 %  off the marked prices.     Sometimes I buy

too many of one item, something is just too expensive, its shop worn or it has just been

around too long.  So…….it goes ON SALE.   We will post the dates of this sale AS SOON

AS POSSIBLE.  This year we have to work around the San Anselmo Street Fair, the birth of

my second grand daughter,  the Fourth of July Holiday, and the Los Angeles Gift Show.

The Teddy Roosevelt Family Exchanging Christmas Gifts.   A Typewriter for Teddy, A Bear for Quenton, Binoculars for Kermit, A Book for Alice ……….

I just put several rainforest animals on the online shop.   I also put a Ghurka Backpack.  I found several in the back storage room.  These are hard to come by.  They  were made by Ghurka 10 years ago when the Ghurka Company was owned by Marley Hodgson.  Marley Hodgson sold the Ghurka Company in 2001.

I always take my Ghurka Backpack on my travels.  It is just the right size.  When I went to Africa to do the book, “Safari, My Trip to Africa” with Reggie the Steiff Bear, I took him in the Ghurka Backpack.  After I published the book, on a whim, I sent a copy to  Steiff, asking them if they wanted to make a replica of the Bear Reggie.   Much to my delight, they said yes.  Then I started  to worry about the Ghurka Backpack.  I wondered if I was going to get in trouble for using the backback in the book with the logo clearly visible.   I  had already gotten a letter from Ralph Lauren for using one of his cups on one of my greeting cards.

So,  I wrote  a letter to Ghurka and sent them a book.   Next thing I know Marley Hodgson arrives at Susan’s Store Room.   He loves the book and buys them for his employees.  I was thrilled to meet him. When Steiff produced the Reggie Bear, Ghurka sold backbacks to Steiff for their luxury edition of the Steiff Reggie.

If that wasn’t enough…..The Steiff Reggie Bear appeared in the window of the Ghurka Store on Post Street in downtown San Francisco.   One day I was walking down Post Street and looked in the Ghurka window and there was Reggie.

Ghurka also produced a limited edition scarf with illustrations from the Safari Book.  Mary Jo Koch, my good friend, did all the illustrations in all four books.  She worked with Ghurka to produce the Scarf.  It is fabulous but no longer available.