From Herb Lester Associates, clever hotel notepads from fictional movie and television hotels! For £12.00, you get six pads:
• Bertram's Hotel (At Bertram's Hotel, Agatha Christie)
• The Great Northern Hotel (Twin Peaks)
• The Overlook Hotel (The Shining)
• Royal Imperial Windsor Arms Hotel (National Lampoon's European Vacation)
• The Green Man Inn (The Wicker Man)
• The Taft Hotel (The Graduate)
Hotel notepads (Herb Lester)
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