It’s Souvenir Sunday, the day StuckatTheAirport.com takes a moment to look at some of the fun, inexpensive and locally-themed items travelers can find when stuck at the airport.

This week’s souvenir comes from Jon Douglas, who was kind enough to snap a photo of these traditional Vietnamese hats he found for sale at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) in Ho Chi Minh City.

Traditional Vietnamese hats at Ho Chi Minh City Airport

Do you poke around the shops when you’re stuck at the airport? If you see something that’s “of” the city or region and bit offbeat, please snap a photo and send it along. As a thank-you, you’ll receive a travel-related souvenir in the mail,

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It’s Souvenir Sunday – when we take a a look at some of the souvenirs you can pick up when you’re stuck at the airport.

This week’s souvenirs come from San Francisco International Airport, where the Brookstone store has modern-day versions of Pan Am travel items;

Where several newsstands carry flight attendant-themed doll sets;

And where a new shop called Destination Green offers these cute pink (‘green’) cars that Barbie might covet.

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It’s Souvenir Sunday, the day we take a look at unusual and inexpensive items you can buy at airports.

This week’s souvenirs come from Memphis International Airport, where Ron Rundus – the Stuck at the Airport webmaster – discovered the Elvis shop, where it’s Elvis, Elvis, Elvis all the time – and where “Elvis” often performs at the airport’s Sun Studio Café.

Do you spend time shopping when you’re stuck at the airport? If you find something fun, inexpensive and “of” the city or region, please take a photo and send it along.

If your souvenirs are featured on StuckatTheAirport.com, I’ll send you a special airport-related souvenir.

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There’s still quite a bit of a buzz around the new Central Terminal B at Sacramento International Airport, so my picks for Souvenir Sunday this week are a few items I spotted during my tour of the airport.

In addition to the cute bee above, I spotted this sweet bee-themed mug at the Sacramento Bee news stand in the baggage claim area.

And, over in the ‘old’ Terminal A, I found this classic:

For photos and a report of my tour of the airport, please see my previous posts here and here, and my At the Airport column about Sacramento International Airport on USATODAY.com.

Please join me in celebrating Souvenir Sunday: if you are poking around an airport shop and find something fun, inexpensive (about $10) and “of” the city or region, please snap a photo and send it along. If your souvenir is featured on Souvenir Sunday here at StuckatTheAirport.com, I’ll send you a fun travel souvenir.

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The Aerospace Museum of California, in Sacramento, has some might impressive airplanes on exhibit. Among them, this Curtiss-Wright Model B-14-B Speedwing, which once belonged to the president of the Curtiss-Wright Aeroplane Company.

I saw this and a few dozen other aviation treasures during a recent tour of the museum and spent some time in the gift shop in search of items to share with you for souvenir Sunday.

I liked this 38-piece 3-D Space Shuttle puzzle -

And this cute plate -

But my favorite items in the gift shop were these glasses celebrating the fact that Chicks Fly.

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