Spring is springing all around us (Hello, Sunshine!) and while we can't afford to go on a real vacation on our salary, we can afford to dream. Which is why we love Flight 001.

The cool high-design low-ceiling retro-terminal-style shop (on 4th Street in Berkeley, and on Hayes in San Francisco) makes us feel all James-Bond-y, and we love fondling the soft leather and slick plastic carry cases, the mini packages of everything one could ever need on a trip, the clever gadgets and gee-gaws, the design-y "generic" labeling the store uses on their own travel-size, travel-wise products. A great selection of guidebooks will help you plan (or visualize)-- and why not try the testers of lotions from exotic locales (including Greece, Scandinavia, and the Eastern Bloc)?

Sure, it's silly for us to just go on and on about some STORE. And yet, we get so much pleasure out of the shop every time we visit, we just had to pass the word along, in case there are any other travel gear sluts geeks aficionados out there like us...

And hey, they're having a sale. Don't say we don't look out for your and your wallet (which needs replacing, by the way-- did we tell you about this great luggage store...?).