A winter hair set: the anti-frizz shampoo you’ve loved for years, $16, and a beautiful clipfrom $35.
Banana bread made from a grandmother’s secret family recipe, $20.
The book that blew people’s minds this year, $15, with a bookmark saved in.
Dachshund salt and pepper shakers35 dollars to light up her dinner table.
A gyoza sampler$19, with 48 delicious pieces!
Set of two bracelets tell her how you feel, $15.
A needlepoint kit to do while watching White Lotus, $98. (These are also funny.)
A subscription to a Substack newsletter you’ll both read and discuss, $50/year. Recommendations: Hunter Harris’s Hanged up for pop culture analysis; Wallflower Chats by Thao Thai for personal essays and book reviews; and Cultural studies with Anne Helen Peterson’s thoughts on politics, bodies, marriage, friendship, the whole thing.
Plump noodles$12 or one bucatini box with all fixins$150…
…and one hat40 dollars to make her laugh.
Gel nail polish$19 or a wildly popular one to cheer up winter, $11.
A donation in her name to abortion funds.
Stationery set$12, incl this poem written on the first page.
Dinner together, just the two of you, since that’s what she wants most anyway. xo
PS 2021 gift guide for friends, 2020 gift guide for friendsand 2019 gift guide for friends.
(Gyoza photo by Michelle Moy for Thrillist.)
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