HOLIDAY GUIDE 2009: CHEERS!

You can almost never go wrong with barware gifts. After all, the sex appeal goes both ways and a bar should always be overflowing!
Your local vintage shop should have plenty of fun little sets to choose from, but so does Etsy! These two are my faves... especially the second ones. They would double so well as votives or small vases. numbered glasses set. $74. brass ice bucket. $48. silver old-fashioned glasses. $30.

2008 Holiday Gift Guide: City Love

To top off my holiday guide this year, I think I'll end on this note...

For city lovers, a beautiful set of etched tumblers from Rockett St. George might be worth the overseas shipping. I'm downright in love with them. Depicting the skylines of London, New York, Paris and Sydney (the only one I haven't visited!), their simple outlines remind me times spent in each place. Complete perfection!