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12/13/11

You Haul
Saving the Best Gifts for Yourself

If you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself. So with that being said, here’s a list of the holiday gifts you’ll be giving you this year. Just remember to simultaneously say thanks and you’re welcome.

UD - Samplrs

Samplrs

The self-surprise gift—a feat previously impossible to accomplish without short-term amnesia—is now a reality with Samplrs, a monthly delivery service that’ll provide handsome tote bags filled with random artisanal foodstuffs. Think cardamom chutney, spicy pickles and maple-glazed jerky. Actually, don’t think that. It’ll spoil the surprise.
411:
$29.99/month, available at Samplrs

Cashmere-Scented Candle

Call it a hunch, but we’ve got a feeling quite a bit of cashmere is coming your way this holiday (after all, your wish list was just “cashmere things” written over and over again). So to prepare: a candle that purports to capture the very essence of luxury sweaters. If only all cardigans really smelled like nutmeg.
411:
$74, available at Always Never

Abstract Houndstooth Robe

You’ve got big plans for this Christmas break. And according to our quick calculations, it looks like 87% of them involve pajamas/robes. So you’ll want something silk. Something with pockets (for your cob pipe, naturally). Something with a hand-stitched fringe waist belt. It’s the black tie of couch coats.
411:
$1,200, available at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Ave, 212-826-8900
UD - Tennis Lessons in Grand Central

Tennis Lessons in Grand Central

You’ve got the Nadal-ian hair. But if you’re serious about winning Wimbledon, you’re going to need to improve your serve. Or at least your post-serve grunt. Here to help: the private instructors (and their video analysis equipment) at Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Tennis Club. Because every successful tennis career starts in a train station.
411:
$160, available at Vanderbilt Tennis Club, Grand Central Terminal, 212-599-6500
UD - Bender Bound Books

Bender Bound Books

There’s nothing like a good book. Except perhaps a good drink. So logic would dictate that if you combined the two, you’d really have something. Enter Bender Bound, an innovative workshop in Brooklyn that’s carving secret flask storage spaces into old leather tomes of your choosing. You can never have enough dictionaries.
411:
Starting at $99.95, available for preorder at Bender Bound
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