Every year, and for every loved one… I must-must-must find the perfect unique luxe CAREFULLY CURATED gift. It’s my obsession! Whether for $50 or $5, it’s got to be GOOD. It’s got to be clever. It’s got to be something I would want… and it’s GOT to be WRAPPED well too…

…so…

Here’s a short list of the places I’ve been frequenting on my never-ending hunt… plus a few gifts that I may or may not have picked up for myself (ahem) and, finally, many MANY gifts that I’ve added to the window shopping list entitled, “Someday…”

1. vanilla quartz ring from ABC Home

2. french ceramic heart from ABC Home (a.k.a paradise) This could be an ornament, too!

3. pillow for the littles to have a cozy anticipation of the Tooth Fairy! At ABC… P.S. would go amazing with this merino crepe cream-colored throw I’ve been eyeing for the last 5 years… just sayin’…

4. hand-made paper bunting from TOAST UK… my friend had a similar one on her christmas tree… lends a sweet DIY aesthetic to the holiday!

5. a gold stacker ring from Sylva & Cie… I fell in love with a similar stacker at Bergdorf Goodman a while back and it still twinkles through my brain…

6. A John Robshaw tote that I found at John Derian on East 2nd street (thanks to a reminder from Joanna Goddard to swing by the store… check out her bedroom make-over slideshow on Refinery 29)

7. Beautiful, sweetly simple ceramics from Notary in Portland, OR that I found on the Alder & Co. website. Oooh.

I also just pretty much heart everything that Erica Tanov (on Elizabeth Street) has for grown-ups and LITERALLY everything that Sweet William (on Kenmare) has for the tots… and while I’m in the neighborhood doing shout-outs, Berkli Park makes espresso so good you don’t need sugar and Wendy Mink (my cousin’s favorite!) has some amazing vintage pieces right now, go before they are gone.

Haven’t you noticed that by now practically everyone you know has joined Pinterest? I’ve been obsessed for a while now thanks to my photo pal Jen Olson, and it only gets better as your pals join up. But I’m ONLY allowed to type in the P-i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t URL if I have at least 20 minutes to burn… consider yourself warned. Here are my inspiration pinboards, from “Nesting in my Dream Home” to (of course) “Tiny Victories”… This pin in particular is a vintage scanned photo by Martin Munkacsi that is SO full of exuberance and life… it tickles me.

Here’s wishing you and your lil’ ones a merry, merry EVERYTHING!

<3

p.p.s Here’s me (looking rather incognito!) sipping my signature espresso macchiato at another local favorite, PUBLIC, whose brunch is to die for…

p.p.p.s PASS THE EGG NOG!

p.p.p.p.s EVERYONE needs a copy of this book…

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