Ok, so apparently you all still want a gift guide for adults. Pulled together a quick list. Enjoy!
Wearables
I love a quality sock of any type. I would gift or receive a bundle of Le Bonne Shop Boyfriend socks, Bonne Maison socks, or Darn Tough Merino Wool any day. Laonlee on Etsy also makes great cotton socks in cute patterns that are very inexpensive.
These patchwork rework totes from The Consistency Project are <3
Glerup wool slippers have been keeping my feet warm since 2012
A gorgeous scarf from Moismont
A cute beanie from Hilary Grant
Random good things for the house / for life:
Pottery from East Fork ($20 off referral link!). The cake plate is very useful for an afternoon snack. The everyday bowl is a perfect shape for pasta or a veggie side.
This Dansk enamel pot is a classic. A lot lighter than a dutch oven for a good soup situation. Also crushing on the Dansk Haldan cereal bowl.
A waffle maker. Wanted one for my whole life, Jacob got one for Mother's Day last year, and it is everything I ever hoped for.
These Felinfach Welsh blankets are gorgeous
Jenny Pennywood lumbar pillows
These excellent bamboo dinner plates
These very thin but surprisingly durable Hawkins glasses are nice to hold and feel fancy to drink from
This splurgy two-step wooden step stool that could also be a side table
Opinel paring knives are the best paring knives.
The Tam-Tam stool from MoMA is an ideal plant stand / tiny side table and comes in fun colors
Beautiful towels from Peace Towel and Mollusk Surf Shop
New-to-cold-weather-running recs:
Fancy leather mittens from Hestra or these Smartwool Merino Wind Mittens for running.
Smartwool 250 base layer. I am old now so I love a base layer.
Patagonia air shed jacket for winter running
REI Trail to Waist pack for carrying just the basics
Food things
A gift cert to your fave restaurant. Mine this year include La Rina and Al Badawi if you're in NYC.
A big batch of delicious, homemade olive oil granola delivered in a cute container
A coffee subscription to Speckled Axe based in Portland, Maine. We've gotten this for years. It's the best!
The Momofuku Chili crunch variety pack b/c chili oil always
Bake 3-4 varieties of cookies from King Arthur Baking's Holiday Cookie spread, put them in a cute tin and voila
A gift card to Kitazawa Seed Company, which specializes in Asian vegetable seeds, but has a wide variety of non-GMO veggie / fruit / flower seeds.
Books
Fiction I loved this year: The Swimmers by Julie Otsuko, The Friend by Sigrid Nunez, The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood, Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Non-fiction: Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv, Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes, On Immunity: An Innoculation and Having and Being Had by Eula Biss
Other books: Women Holding Things by Maira Kalman, What's for Dessert by Claire Saffitz, How to Live with Objects from the editors of Sight Unseen, Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose
A gift card to Bookshop.org or their local bookstore.
Experiences + subscriptions
A gift cert to Bergen Street Spa
A subscription to Mother Tongue magazine
Subscription to NYT Cooking
A subscription to Anne Helen Petersen's newsletter, Culture Study
A night or two at Rivertown Lodge in Hudson
A membership to Brooklyn Academy of Music
If you're looking for recs for the littles, I put together a gift guide for kids last week and my favorite gift guide for smart, cool, things for curious kids is from The Kid Should See This. Drop other gifting needs in the comments!
All I want this year is a waffle maker!