If you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself. So with that being said, here’s a list of the holiday gifts you’ll be giving you this year. Just remember to simultaneously say thanks and you’re welcome.
The self-surprise gift—a feat previously impossible to accomplish without short-term amnesia—is now a reality with Samplrs, a monthly delivery service that’ll provide handsome tote bags filled with random artisanal foodstuffs. Think cardamom chutney, spicy pickles and maple-glazed jerky. Actually, don’t think that. It’ll spoil the surprise.
Call it a hunch, but we’ve got a feeling quite a bit of cashmere is coming your way this holiday (after all, your wish list was just “cashmere things” written over and over again). So to prepare: a candle that purports to capture the very essence of luxury sweaters. If only all cardigans really smelled like nutmeg.
You’ve got big plans for this Christmas break. And according to our quick calculations, it looks like 87% of them involve pajamas/robes. So you’ll want something silk. Something with pockets (for your cob pipe, naturally). Something with a hand-stitched fringe waist belt. It’s the black tie of couch coats.
You’ve got the Nadal-ian hair. But if you’re serious about winning Wimbledon, you’re going to need to improve your serve. Or at least your post-serve grunt. Here to help: the private instructors (and their video analysis equipment) at Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Tennis Club. Because every successful tennis career starts in a train station.
There’s nothing like a good book. Except perhaps a good drink. So logic would dictate that if you combined the two, you’d really have something. Enter Bender Bound, an innovative workshop in Brooklyn that’s carving secret flask storage spaces into old leather tomes of your choosing. You can never have enough dictionaries.
