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11/25/11
Present Perfect
What to Get Everyone on Your List
Black Friday–shopping versus watching football with a leftover turkey-and-gravy sandwich. Not much of a contest. So stay right where you are and relax. We’ve got your shopping list covered...
FOR AN UPTIGHT BITCH
Aromatherapy Candles. For Dogs.
Keeping you company. Listening to your problems. Sniffing things you wouldn’t dream of sniffing. Well, of
course your dog looks stressed. So these canine-calming candles offer scents like Field of Dreams
and Day in the Hamptons. Because your pooch is never happier than when reading Gatsby or
watching Costner.
- 411:
- $32, available at Space519, 900 N Michigan Ave, 5th Fl, 312-751-1519
FOR HIPSTER LITTLE SISTER
Space Invaders for the Fingers
You can never go wrong by giving someone something made with 24-karat gold, but a little 8-bit brass can
work, too. This retro-influenced Space Invaders ring is sort of Lady Gaga meets Tamagotchi—with
the glint of brass knuckles thrown in.
- 411:
- $60, available at Sofia Vintage, 71 E Oak St (between Michigan and Rush), 312-640-0878
FOR THE FOODIE
A Year of Grant Achatz
1983: Cabbage Patch Kids. 1998: Furby. 2010: Zhu Zhu Pets. Prediction for 2011’s gift people will kill
for: Next subscriptions—basically 2012 season tickets for dining, including the El Bulli, Sicily and Kyoto
menus. Tickets will be released mid-December, but you may want to start camping out at the website now.
- 411:
- Available starting mid-December at Next, 953 W Fulton Market (at Morgan), 312-226-0858
FOR THE PRECOCIOUS NEPHEW
A Book About How to Get Lost
Imagine Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for preschoolers, and you pretty much get the gist of Larry
Gets Lost in Chicago. Larry is a dog who scamps his way around town, from Michigan Avenue to Wrigley
Field. Basically, it’s your life as a dog.
- 411:
- $16.95, available at the MCA Store, 220 E Chicago Ave (at Mies van der Rohe Way), 312-280-2660
FOR THE COFFEE SNOB
Big Shoulders Coffee
This Wicker Park micro-roaster—from a former chef de cuisine at Spiaggia—helps coffee geeks one-up each
other with super-limited batches of custom blends. The barista on your list should be very grateful
for your thoughtfulness—i.e., venti-for-the-price-of-tall grateful.
- 411:
- $9.99/12-ounce, available at multiple locations, including Vinic Wine Company, 1509 Chicago Ave, Evanston, 847-733-7000
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