Articles Tagged with #shopping
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Guides
Twelve Calendar Gifts for a Happy New Year
by Margaret MasonIn 2006 you will remember every birthday, every tooth cleaning, every oil change and tune-up. Your mother will get flowers; you will turn your mattress; you will schedule your vacation months in advance. Our writer picks the calendars that will help.
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The 2005 Good Gift Games
by Matthew BaldwinBeing with friends and loved ones is what makes the holidays special—and once you’re fed up with that, it’s time to humiliate them over a board game. Here are this year’s best tabletop entertainments.
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Fifteen Prudent Gifts for the Budget-Minded
by Margaret MasonYou enjoy the lights, you’re fond of the cocktails; you loathe the stores. Our shopping expert offers her online picks for under $30, so you can focus on making merry.
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Guides
Fifteen Luxury Gifts Worth the Splurge
by Margaret MasonMaybe you’re feeling especially generous, maybe you did something unforgivable, maybe you’re just loaded. Our shopping expert suggests gifts they’ll remember for years.
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Guides
To Blunt the Razor’s Edge
by Matt EvansNovember is National Beard Month—but before you stop shaving you’d better have a close look at your options. An explanation of common facial hairstyles, including notes on those best avoided.
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Opinions
Mr. Ugli Fruit or: How I Stopped Being Nice and Learned to Hate Fairway
by David LeiteThe Grocery Wars have made Manhattan a battlefield strewn with fallen asparagus, and no turf is more contested than the Upper West Side, where battered heavyweight Fairway fends off competitors.
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Of Recent Note
For Spring 2005
by The WritersThe stuff we’re into right now—including what we’re reading, hearing, watching, finding, eating, using, installing, applying, and, yes, even scratching this season.
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Opinions
Valentine’s Gift Guide
by Margaret MasonThe heart-shaped box of chocolates was sweet and the bouquet of roses was lovely, but your Valentine deserves a surprise this year.
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New York, New York
Your Books and Neighbors
by Pitchaya SudbanthadA used-book store stocks its customers’ tastes and perversions, and then sells them to their neighbors. A Brooklyn shop find life after New York’s Book Row heyday by providing a service computers can’t beat.
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Opinions
2004 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
by Matthew BaldwinEvery year you show up with a stack of giftcards from Rite-Aid. And every year your family roasts your chestnuts for waiting until the last minute to do your shopping. This year will be different.
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Opinions
Twenty Gifts That Go Easy on Your Budget
by Margaret MasonYou’re a generous sort, but you don’t have much time (or cash). Ideas for gifts that won’t leave you paying off your credit cards through July.
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Opinions
The 2004 Good Gift Games Guide
by Matthew BaldwinThe last time you played a board game you got the Adam’s apple caught in the funny-bone slot and then you couldn’t pass GO or collect $200. These days, however, board games are a lot more enticing and fun.