HOSTESS GIFTS THAT DON'T SUCK

You know how every single solitary time you get invited over to someone's place for dinner, or for a holiday party, or for a booty call, you always bring over a bottle of wine? Right, well that's kind of nice, but also boring as hell. Bringing wine is basically the equivalent of saying: "I appreciate the fact that you made me kale salad and artisanal tater tots, but I don't have enough time to think about an original gift, so here's the $25 bottle of wine that Max at that wine shop on 7th Ave recco'd cause he said, even though he never tried it, ppl were saying that "it was pretty good." 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Anyway, if you're looking to break out of your Hostess gift-giving rut, here are a few ideas that you can totally copy, and then take all the credit for thinking up. 

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JONATHAN ADLER KNOWS WHAT THE HELL HE'S TALKIN BOUT, WILLIS

Loved this talk from the 99 conference from interior design mega daddy, Jonathan Adler.

His basic advice: have a "fuck it" attitude about everything. "Keep other people's opinions out of your creative process." Do it your way. Do what you love. Mess up...it's ok. He didn't think strategically, or follow all of the rules, or "master" social media. But he's still rockin it out big time now. 

And though he didn't talk much about it, I would add: be original. Yeah, I know it's hard these days when everything has been done 8 million different ways till next Tuesday, but at least trrrrrry. 

Ya, dig?