Weird, wacky holiday gifts: it has begun!

by Nancy Herkness | Dec 1, 2011 | Holiday gifts, holidays, Uncategorized

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this is exactly how I felt: The good news is you can own this entertaining, if a little odd, wine bottle holder all for yourself.  It’s only $38.00 and can be ordered...

I’m dreaming of a White Christmas

by Nancy Herkness | Dec 22, 2008 | Family, holiday gift, Holiday gifts, Uncategorized

For a magical evening, our holiday decorations were enhanced by a blanket of snow.  It may be gone by Christmas Day, but the sight of snow on our wreaths swept me back to my childhood when it always seemd to be white on the night Santa arrived. Happy Holidays to all...

Holiday Gift #4: For your divorced friends

by Nancy Herkness | Dec 11, 2008 | holiday gift, Holiday gifts, Uncategorized

I found this in a catalogue of Victoriana but it seems totally  modern and potentially quite useful to me: Lover’s Quarrel Frame Photography was once reserved only for the affluent.  Given the exorbitant costs of portrait photography in the late 1800s, it was...

Bizarre Holiday Gift #3

by Nancy Herkness | Nov 18, 2008 | holiday gift, Holiday gifts, Uncategorized

A Mustache for Every Day. “Dapper self-adhesive ‘stache!  Set of 7 includes The Hero, The Sheriff, The Hollywood, and more.  $7.98” They actually tell you what day to wear them on, just in case you weren’t sure.  I may order two, one to give...

Beyond Bizarre Holiday Gift No. 2

by Nancy Herkness | Nov 13, 2008 | Holiday gifts, Uncategorized

There’s a really bad pun in the title of this post.  Sorry! This gift idea truly baffles me.  It’s a 2009 Dog Doo Calendar which “features 12 beautiful full-color photos of majestic mountains, field of flowers, rushing rivers and glorious oceanside...