Having to buy, invent, dream up & magically conjure up gifts for Roger, I have always been on the lookout for unusual, original gifts.
Here’s a list of ideas I have used or saved for future use:
A personalized caricature portrait (www.sprattiart.com). This looks amazing & of high quality. It is also very original!
Cost: around $275
Or, even [...]
I am continuing to be merry, getting in the mood for Christmas, listening to wonderful Christmas songs.
(Part 1 of best Christmas songs is here)
Some more of my favourites:
Amazon.com Widgets
Bonus: I’ve discovered today these fantastic Christmas e-cards.
Roger hates electronic cards in general, but he loved these…they are sublime!
Christmas snow scene illustration
I love Christmas!
It is such a wonderful time when most people are in a good mood and kinder than usual to each other. Smiles come easier, little hiccups are dismissed faster, we do more fun things with our friends and family, we play with children. If we are lucky, we get snow! [...]
I love listening to Christmas songs in the days before and during Christmas…most of them are so melodic & beautiful – they put me right in the mood for holiday cheer!
I have bought many Christmas songs (mp3) or CD collections over the years – I will be posting my favourites here…starting with this list of [...]
Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications.
10 High-Impact, Low-Budget Ideas for Marketing in a Down Economy
Do what others fear
Lots of people (including myself) hate cold-calling. So they won’t do it. Others are petrified by the prospect of public speaking. And they won’t do that either. But you will. By being able to cold-call, [...]
By far the best, our very own The New 5 Star Raft Hotels group launches on CreteTravel.com (some of my friends “bought” it!)
Then Guardian switching to Twitter-only version (!)
and Gmail’s Autopilot is just hilarious
If you have not, you must. Visit the Wallace Collection in London.
Not only is it a fine collection of works of art, paintings, furniture, porcelain, but the wonderful tea-room is alone worth a visit.
See also:
The Wallace Collection website
Why read this book?
These excerpts speak for the book:
[Referring to Julia Sweeny ] My first call from my mother was more of a scream. ‘Atheist? ATHEIST?!?!’ [...] I think that my parents had been mildly disappointed when I’d said I didn’t believe in God any more, but being an atheist was another thing altogether.
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The same [...]
Atlas Shrugged book cover
Who will be John Galt?
My favourite book is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, so I am naturally excited about the prospect of a movie based on the book.
There is quite a frenzy out there about the imminent (with some question marks) production of Atlas Shrugged (just do a search for “Atlas Shrugged [...]
