Here you go.
Twenty suggestions to make your holiday shopping a little easier.
All under $100.
All picked with you and the people on your holiday list in mind.
And all still deliverable by Christmas if you act promptly.
xx/Lisa
(No need to exclude yourself, either. As 24 Corners commented, "I'm sending it around to family and friends as the perfect hint-hint.") Love that.
1. FOR THE TASTEFUL CONSUMER
(A calorically responsible treatise with gorgeous illustrations by Maira Kalman.
$16.28. HERE.)
PLUS
(The one-and-only Royal Riviera pears from Harry and David .
$22.95. HERE.)
2. FOR THE CHIC NESTER
(I own it. I love it.
$53.55. HERE.)
PLUS
(Get your fix until Season Two premieres on January 8th.
$19.79. HERE.)
PLUS
(Ian Mankin grain sack tea towels.
$20 each. HERE.)
4. FOR THE CLASSIC COOK
(What's old is new again.
$7.22. HERE.)
PLUS
(Brown bread ice cream? Rose sorbet? Honey and fig frozen yogurt? Why not?
$59.95. HERE.)
5. FOR THE INCORRIGIBLE ANGLOPHILE
(A gritty history of London from the ground down.
$16.50. HERE.)
PLUS
(Berry Bros. and Rudd's much-heralded No. 3 London Dry Gin,
with notes of angelica, coriander and cardamom.
$34.99 HERE.
Learn about it HERE.)
6. FOR THE FANTASTICAL WANDERER
(Take part in a thrilling - and secretive - adventure.
$14.28. HERE.)
PLUS
(Boy's winter brim cap.
Handy for when you need to be incognito.
$22.50. HERE.)
OR
(Girl's Selima sunglasses.
No one will bother you with these on.
$49.50. HERE.)
(Sex, drugs, and the music business. Well, allriiiight.
$14.86. HERE.)
PLUS
(Get your knit on, indie style.
Wool and the Gang Over My Shoulder knitting kit.
$85. HERE.)
(All that glitters really is gold.
Sur La Table edible gold powder.
$30. HERE.)
10. FOR THE FRIEND WHO LOVED "BRIDESHEAD REVISITED"
(Love, loss and poetry in WWI England.
$15.74. HERE.)
PLUS
(Haunting. Unforgettable. I own it. I love it.
$11.76. HERE.)
11. FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR DOWN THE HALL
(A sprawling Victorian novel reimagined for the 21st century.
$16.68. HERE.)
PLUS
(Jo Malone Orange Blossom body lotion.
Morning dew, water lilies and the scent of clementines.
$65.00. HERE.)
12. FOR FERVENT FRANCOPHILES
(Not new, but in my opinion, better than Antonia Fraser's.
$15.44. HERE.)
PLUS
(Mariages Frere Bouddha Bleu tea. With real blue cornflowers in it.$22.50. HERE.)
13. FOR THE GUY WHO DIGS A GOOD BEAT
(Some things just keep on getting better.
$16.92. HERE.)
PLUS
(Already hailed as the album of 2012. I own it. I love it.
$10.99. HERE.)
14. FOR LIBERTINES EVERYWHERE
(Gotta love Pepys. He was brave enough to say it out loud.
$12.00. HERE.)
PLUS
(Set of three Serena and Lily inlay cheese knives.
$38.00. HERE.)
AND/OR
(Drunken goat cheese from Dean and Deluca.
$18.00. HERE.)
15. FOR LOVERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
(Having grown up in Scandinavia, this is so on my wish list.
$18.45. HERE.)
PLUS
(Iittala Taika dinner plate.
$40. HERE.)
16. FOR THE HUMBUGGER
(You think things are bad now? Louisa Gradgrind would beg to disagree.
$11.64. HERE.)
PLUS
(A dash of bitters.
Cardamom, chocolate, grapefruit, lavender, celery, orange.
$15.95 each. HERE.)
17. FOR CAMPY NEO VICTORIANS
(With incredible illustrations by Donald Urquhart -- Bette Davis as Becky Sharp!
$26.40. HERE.)
PLUS
(Set of three Thackeray-approved teas from Fortnum and Mason, est.1707.
$38.95. HERE.)
18. FOR THE PERSON IN YOUR LIFE MOST LIKELY TO RUN OFF TO ITALY
(The NYT Book Review said:
"Provokes indecorous involuntary laughter;
"John Waters crossed with David Sedaris."
$10.17. HERE.)
PLUS
19. FOR THE WORLDLY TRAVELLER
(Loyalty, passion and exoticism in war-torn Africa. $14.81. HERE.)
PLUS
(Handwoven by village women in Tanzania.
$64.50. HERE.)
