passe-partout

Passe-partout (păs-pär-tū') is not just the name of a guy who travelled around the world in 80 days, but is (according to Answers.com) a border, such as a mat, that is used to frame or mount a picture. And the reason I write about it on my blog is because it is just one more of the items that cannot be purchased in Kurdistan. I have had a request to bring in 50 sheets in chic colors. This seems a mundane thing to write in my blog, however, if the price is within my budget and the weight within my luggage limitations, the end result of this purchase will be an exhibition of work by an Iraqi cartoonist... the follow-up being something definately blogworthy!