Holy smokes – can you believe the holidays are right around the corner? It feels like I was just getting married last week! Time sure is flying, I tell you.
Anyway, Mama Kaboom asked me earlier this week about my Holiday wish list, and after picking up my jaw from the floor, I got down to it. Here a just a few things I hope the reindeer drop under my tree (which I am going to set up this year, I SWEAR!)
1. Cuisinart CSB-76 Smart Stick Hand Blender: One of the few absurd kitchen appliances that didn’t get covered during the shower/wedding madness. I find myself longing to pulverize chunky things into a soupy, awesome mess.
2. The Flaming Lips “Embryonic” 2LP Colored Vinyl (Transparent Yellow & Transparent Blue) w/Bonus CD: The Flaming Lips new album has been on almost constant rotation in my computer, and I am eager for my very own version of their special edition LP of the album to slap on my actual turntable. It even includes a bonus CD. And a pony.
3. Danskin 2-in-1 Combination Weighted Speed Rope: After couple of months on hiatus for post-op wedding recovery, I am finally back into working out, with a passion. I have had Rocky-like visions of me wailing on a jump rope in the mornings, Mr.Kaboom urging me on, dressed as Mickey. ADRIANNN!
4. Tivoli Audio Model One AM/FM Table Radio, Hunter/Maple: I have an admission – I am addicted to the radio. There’s nothing more I love than popping on the New York Times station, and listening to some classical music while I get dinner ready, or throwing on NPR to get my does of the liberal media conspiracy. However, I am filled with frustration that radio generally sounds like there is someone beating on a tin can the entire time. Friends of ours have a Tivoli, and have helped me find “the way”: perfect, clear audio, with nary a pop or whistle in sight.
5. Rock Band 2 Standalone Guitar: What kind of sick bastards make an awesome game like Rockband, and then short you one guitar when you buy the game? Capitalist pigs that deserve to be strung up by the ham-fisted knuckes, that’s who.
6. Crescent Moon Mat Sling: Because I have to commute so much, I am all about minimalism when it comes to the amount of stuff I have to drag around with me. This yoga sling by Crescent Moon is offers all the sleek lightness of a standard sling, but includes a small pocket for all that little junk you need to stow as well. Namaste.
7. Alphonse Mucha (Hardcover): Alphonse Mucha is by far one of my favorite artists, and over the last couple of years I have been on a mini-hunt to find a comprehensive, affordable collection of his work. Prestel has ended that search, delivering a lovely and thorough tome that lavishly and lovingly presents the work of an art noveau god.
What’s on your Holiday list this year?
