Penn’s parents got to the point where they forbade us to buy them any gifts or bring anything into the house. They started the family tradition of making donations in honor of the gift recipient to a favorite charity. We…
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Truly nothing more horrifying than doing an extended family Secret Santa and pulling the name of a relative you don’t actually know that well. These 12 gifts are affordable, vaguely personal, and will be generally appealing to almost any person.…
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I have this friend I’ve made in the last year who is the very best gift-giver. We will be meeting out at dinner and she will come with a thoughtful gift she just “knew would be perfect”. And of course,…
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We all have a friend who knows every new restaurant opening or is trying a new recipe she found with 1,000 5-star reviews. While you could be fine with going to the same neighborhood tavern every week, they pull you…
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Don’t get me wrong, I loved all the stages of my kids. However, there is something that makes me very giddy about buying someone else’s kid the fun, noisy gift that their own parents would avoid. (By the way, I…
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If you flip open gift catalogs most companies think dads are only interested in grilling meat and drinking bourbon. Don’t get me wrong, Penn loves those things but there are only so many meat thermometers a man needs. Here are…
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