Black Friday–shopping versus watching football with a leftover turkey-and-gravy sandwich. Not much of a contest. So stay right where you are and relax. We’ve got your shopping list covered...
Keeping you company. Listening to your problems. Sniffing things you wouldn’t dream of sniffing. Well, of course your dog looks stressed. So these canine-calming candles offer scents like Field of Dreams and Day in the Hamptons. Because your pooch is never happier than when reading Gatsby or watching Costner.
You can never go wrong by giving someone something made with 24-karat gold, but a little 8-bit brass can work, too. This retro-influenced Space Invaders ring is sort of Lady Gaga meets Tamagotchi—with the glint of brass knuckles thrown in.
1983: Cabbage Patch Kids. 1998: Furby. 2010: Zhu Zhu Pets. Prediction for 2011’s gift people will kill for: Next subscriptions—basically 2012 season tickets for dining, including the El Bulli, Sicily and Kyoto menus. Tickets will be released mid-December, but you may want to start camping out at the website now.
Imagine Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for preschoolers, and you pretty much get the gist of Larry Gets Lost in Chicago. Larry is a dog who scamps his way around town, from Michigan Avenue to Wrigley Field. Basically, it’s your life as a dog.
This Wicker Park micro-roaster—from a former chef de cuisine at Spiaggia—helps coffee geeks one-up each other with super-limited batches of custom blends. The barista on your list should be very grateful for your thoughtfulness—i.e., venti-for-the-price-of-tall grateful.
