Right around this time each year, you must buy things for other people. Weird. We know. But seeing as how you don’t have a choice in the matter, might as well make them white truffle deliveries, cufflinks made from sporting arenas and the rest of this good stuff.
You’re shopping for someone a bit more... advanced in years. Someone who might need an eyesight boost when they’re poring over back issues of National Geographic. And they can do that with: A) Bifocals. B) A magnifying glass connected to a buffalo horn. C) A buffalo horn connected to a magnifying glass.
You’ve got that friend who says they “don’t need anything” this year. Well, they’re being polite. That’s just their way of saying they need fresh white truffles routed directly to their doorstep from Savenor’s. Classic that-friend-of-yours.
Bamboo. It’s great for building walls that people get kicked through in kung fu movies. But turns out, it’s even better at being a handsome-as-all-hell turntable designed to cancel out all vibrations and distortions. Finally, “Marshmallow World” the way it was meant to be heard.
Summertime in Maine ended... a while ago. Luckily, some people kept the best parts in boxes. And they’re delivering. So a lucky companion of yours can find four whoopie pies and four Maine lobster rolls at their doorstep. Maybe keep one as a finder’s fee.
The chance your Celtics-obsessed colleague owns a tie that Larry Bird ran all over: unlikely. The chance he’s about to own a pair of cufflinks that Larry Bird ran all over: 100%. That’s because these ones are made from the Boston Garden’s court floor. That’s why we said 100%.
