Meet willy and the boyz, our mascot that travels the world with us. I picked him up at a local art shop in Kaikoura, NZ. He was created to be a napkin holder, according to the artist, but he makes for an entertaining conversation piece, don’t you think?
October 3, 2008
willy and the boyz
Posted by call it kismet under Tour Du Mont Blanc-Europe, Travel | Tags: mascot, Travel |[7] Comments
Jules Rules 
October 4, 2008 at 6:05 pm
These guys look like they are enjoying themselves, ha! Do you have more pictures of them?
March 22, 2009 at 3:08 pm
[…] Willy and the Boys is packed and ready for a high adventure with lots of photos. In the 15 years that he’s traveled with us, he is most excited about this trip. (But he say’s that about every trip!) […]
March 24, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Brilliant! I love Kaikoura. It’s one of my favourite places in NZ, so stunning where the mountains meet the sea. Happy memories of being there with my late husband and our son. We watched whales and walked a lot but I’m afraid we did not pick up anything with near the pizazz of Willie and the boys! Great souvenir! I’m sure they are having a fabulous time in Bhutan as I type this comment.
Cheers.
July 15, 2009 at 8:05 pm
[…] on the corner (where we’re staying in vancouver), so they were OK chilling out for the day. Willy and the Boyz, however, did make it, as you can see in the above […]
August 26, 2010 at 4:41 pm
[…] but certainly not least, I have packed Willy and the Boyz, my trusted travel mascot that we purchased from an artisan shop in New Zealand about 15 years ago. […]
September 13, 2010 at 5:18 pm
[…] contorts into a look of “ah-ha”. Slowly, deliberately, he pulls out—— Willy and the Boys— dressed to the nines in my beige silk panties I had wrapped around him to protect from […]
December 6, 2010 at 4:59 pm
[…] the idea of incorporating Chance into my children’s book. Originally, my main character was Willy and the Boyz, but, after tossing that around in my head, I figured kids might not be able to relate to a napkin […]