Diplomatic Shopping Snapshot:
What’s on Ambassadors’ Wish Lists?
Ambassador Elin Suleymanov of Azerbaijan
“Since I am very clumsy with touch-screen phones, I hope that phones with keyboards will still be available. This is on the top of my holiday wish list.”
“I like to shop at Barnes & Noble and am somewhat disappointed not to be able to do so in Georgetown any longer.”
Ambassador Lukman Faily of Iraq:
Holiday wish list: “Breaking Bad” on DVD
Where he shops: Eastern Market
Ambassador Mike Moore of New Zealand:
“I do one-stop shopping and [my wife] Yvonne does all of the shopping for family and friends.”
“When I was the director general of the World Trade Organization, I was asked what I wanted for Christmas (by a newspaper). I said that a bottle of wine would be nice. I was mortified to read the story, when published, that ambassadors and heads of U.N. agencies had asked for world peace, the abolition of child poverty and a cure for AIDS.”
Ambassador Björn Lyrvall of Sweden:
Holiday wish list: “Time with family, friends and a good book!”
Where he shops: “Politics & Prose on Connecticut Avenue is a wonderful store. Apart from that I buy quite a lot of gifts online.”
Ambassador Neil Parsan of Trinidad and Tobago
Holiday wish list: Watches, business suits and pens
Favorite stores in D.C.: Brooks Brothers and Charles Tyrwhitt
About the Author
Stephanie Kanowitz is a contributing writer for The Washington Diplomat.
