What can be better than movies delivered to your doorstep? Hmm…How about keeping them for as long as you want for a low monthly subscription rate? Whether it’s one month for $17.99 or six for $107.94, you’ll score major points for whomever you deem worthy of this fabulous gift.

Log on to www.Net Flix.com and put a serious dent in your shopping list…

With Sue Devitt Studio’s frosty Naughty and Nice Palettes it’s that much easier to alter your personality for whatever the holiday occasion…whether it’s playing the ingenue or vamping it up.

The delicious Naughty Palette includes two shades of glittering magenta and fuchsia for lips, plus a sexy silver and shimmering white for lids. Feeling more demure? Devitt’s Nice Palette includes two shades of glittering bronze for lips, plus iridescent peach and gold for lids ($32 each at www.sephora.com).

Who says you have to choose?

Get Fresh!

Distinctive fragrances are a hallmark of Fresh, and they’ve come up with the perfect gift for anyone who likes to customize and mix and match…just in time for the holidays.

The Fresh Index is a mini “library” of Fresh fragrance classics that allow you to be your own perfumer --- whatever your mood…whatever the season…whatever the occasion…

This one-of-a-kind set includes 5 ml sprays of the following: Bergamot Citrus, Bulgarian Rose, Cucumber Baie, Fleurs de Chocolat, Fig Apricot, Geranium Pepper, Patchouli Pure, Pear Cassis, Pomegranate Anise, Redcurrant Basil, Sandalwood Vert, Tangerine Lychee, Tobacco Caramel, Tuberose, and Violet Moss ($125).

Check out this and other fun finds at www.sephora.com.

Even if your gal pals can’t make it to Cabo this year for the holidays, you can still throw a major fiesta for them with this darling gift set from one of our favorites...Philosophy.

It’s the ideal prezzie for all those sassy senioritas you know and the perfect remedy for any holiday hangover --- their version is sans alcohol…a margarita-scented salt scrub and shower gel which will buff your bod just in time for NYE ($30 at www.philosophy.com or local retailers near you).

Sleek and stylish, it comes in a variety of colors and includes one outside and one inside zip pocket, as well as a cell phone pocket.

Check out this and oodles of other styles at www.dooney.com ($225).

Oopsy Daisy!

Rub the dry sponge on your "oops" and watch it disappear. Whether it’s dreadful deodorant marks, make up residue, baby powder and more. These clever dry sponges can last for months depending on your "oops" factor.

It's an easy way for women to protect the investment they put into their wardrobe. And Miss Oops is small enough for you to carry it in your purse for emergency "oopsies." Just like you wouldn't forget your handbag before going out, don't forget to take Miss Oops! In the bad old days, Miss Oops would have only encountered red wine splotches but now, cookie smudges and second-hand spaghetti sauce are more of an issue.

Miss Oops keeps life's little "oopsies" in check! (And Proceeds of Miss Oops goes toward the fight against Multiple Sclerosis.)

Miss Oop.com or Physical Element

For the party girl in your life, a handmade photo album to help remember all those holiday soirees.

Let’s see. There’s a jolly photo of her sitting on Santa’s lap, there she is at the punch bowl, there she is in the punch bowl. And now, thanks to you, she can capture these treasured moments and savor them for holidays to come!

This handmade, hand painted photo album can be taken out each future holiday and displayed for all to enjoy. Or simply just to annoy her year after year.

New Years Cards

Missed the boat on getting your Holiday cards out? No worries, send New Year's cards instead! Inspire those you love by kicking off the new year with these Jill Cate folding cards from Ned and Shell.

These cool cards read, "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year," by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inside reads, "Here's to a new year of best days." Each card comes with a matching Kraft envelope that is stitched with bright pink thread on the folding closure. Adorable and hip, just like you.

You didn’t miss the Holiday card rush; you trumped the entire charade with class.

Nora has been exclusively designing jewelry for about 6 years. Prior to opening up the boutique, she sold her designs to private collectors and most recently at Dragonlily, located on Hawthorne and 17th.

Her work features a combination of chunky hand-cut stones and delicate crystal. Combining unique combinations of color and texture to create designs that get noticed. Not only does the boutique feature one of a kind works of art from the Nora Catherine collection, it also has pieces designed by other local artists such as The Christa Collection, Little Goblin and Earthly Treasures. Clothing designs from Dervish and Ipseity compliment the unique and diverse line of jewelry.

If you find a MUST HAVE necklace or earrings, why not get a great top to show it off with! Other services include custom designing and alterations.

Check them out!

Nora Catherine
1031 SW Morrison Street
Portland OR, 97205
503-222-5169

Oh Man!

Nordstrom has easy beautifully pre-wrapped holiday gifts ready and waiting for you to grab and run:

• We love their selection of Philosophy holiday products like their ´The Gingerbread Man´--A Gingerly Hot Tub & Shower Scrub

  He calls, but only to tell you he has to cancel, he remembers your birthday, but forgets your anniversary. There is no such thing as the perfect man, that is until now..… The Gingerbread Man is a lovable, huggable chap who is sure to turn a stressful day into one full of sweet surprises! He's a little rough around the edges, but once you get to know him, he warms right up! The Gingerbread Man is a hot salt scrub for bath or shower designed to exfoliate and polish rough, dry skin while detoxifying and invigorating the senses with the refreshing, delicious scent of ginger.

  Only $25.00 and you’ll love it. The packaging alone is worth it.

• Or visit the Home department at Nordstrom Washington Square and pick out the latest Christopher Radko ornament to give to your girlfriends. This is a perfect gift and collector’s item, and each year at this time, she will think of you. Start a tradition.

The Gift of Giving:

Give one of these hip leather bracelets with a crystal X for $25 and $5 goes toward BecomeX, a fabulous program that empowers young women 15-25 years old. Become X inspires them to pursue and realize their dreams, while building career competence and essential life skills.

Scarlet Chamberlin is the savvy and talented local jewelry designer, and not only has her designs caught on but she’s making an impact with these important bracelets.

Scarlet Chamberlin
503-890-7800
S for Scarlet.com
jewels@sforscarlet.com

Oh yes, "A Girl & Her Jewels". Enough said.

Tell him you want this for Christmas! “A Girl & Her Jewels” from our beloved Emily-Jane. Nothing says I love you like sparkly goodies from Emily Jane. And this is our favorite. A vintage Swarovski® crystal is suspended from a necklace of shimmering hand-knotted crystals on silk.

Choose from champagne and cognac, garnet & crimson, smoky topaz and cognac, black diamond and jet. Ooh la la. And pay her a visit and saddle up to this pink bar for some real champagne while you try on everything.

Nothing but the very best for you, Princess. And this is your store. Handmade and only $135.00

If your loved one’s New Year’s resolution is more than just making sure there's always toilet paper in the house, maybe a gift of health is the way to go.

How about a $15 gift certificate of three classes from Yoga in The Pearl? Find out what’s right for you. Pilates, Mat Classes, Ashtanga Yoga, or hot yoga to name a few. Yoga in The Pearl is a swanky and spiritual experience.

It feels like a fabulous spa and it’s a wonderful space to enhance your new healthy renewal in the new year.

This is the place to be.

Gift Baskets...

If you are simply at your wit’s end with all that gift shopping, Wits End baskets has the perfect gift for everyone on your list!

Cosmopolitan 101 Gift Box

Everyone loves the taste and sophistication of a Cosmopolitan but who knows how to make one? No need to get on the horn to ask Carrie Bradshaw how she serves them up, we have all you need to mix up plenty of fun.

Inside this pink box is a bottle of Cosmo drink mix, handmade glass cocktail picks, pink glass rimming sugar, a cocktail lounge COSMO A-GO-GO CD and a 50 recipe full-color photographed deluxe cocktail guide. If you'd like to take your gift a bit further, we can include a stainless steel cocktail shaker and/or this oh so fun book "High balls and high heels". Perfect for girl's night in!

Pregnancy Survival Hamper

Now you can give the secrets of how to make a pregnant woman happy! Includes book "How To Make A Pregnant Woman Happy" describing hundreds of effective home remedies for pregnancy's common discomforts, plush and fuzzy slippers for her sore feet, assorted preggie pops which aid in alleviating the affects of morning sickness, and a gorgeous Seda France candle that says "congratulations". What puts this basket over the edge are these popular Mustela products that pregnant women swear are their life (and body!) savers!

Sharpen your culinary skills at Caprial and John's Kitchen. Their cooking school and kitchenware shop offers everything for the aspiring home chef — from classes and cookbooks to chef-recommended tools of the trade.

A very romantic gift to one another!

Scarves on sale at Banana Republic

Most of the scarves at Banana Republic, a huge hit this winter, are practically half off and the winter has only just begun.

Check out their faux fur pull-through or their plaid fringe scarf we adore!

Look like you spent zillions for this season’s hottest accessory

And for your bizarre cousins with a tacky sense of humor, we offer “As Seen on TV” gifts. All the rage for people you just want to make laugh. (Actual some are even cool)

(If you don’t have ordering time.... though you can write a card out telling them what to expect via snail mail....Rite Aid has an “As Seen on TV” section, along with Chia Pets and the Clapper that are perfect for this group.)

Ordering can be fun though remember, don’t believe everything you see. The blazing red emblem does not equal ‘quality’ but it is a dead ringer for ‘fun’.

Tis a new season, and a new time for only the hottest, finest in cell phones. Say buh-bye to that ole’ clunker and ask Santa for this cell phone extravaganza.

Don’t covet someone elses, inspire jealousy with your own new sleek Nokia Fashion “going out” phone.

Located in the Pearl, Cargo is an independent importer of one-of-a-kind antiques and artifacts from around the world.

Remember we wished for a rickshaw? Well, we can get one here! Now if we can only get someone to cart us around. Come visit for a constantly evolving space of cool stuff from around the world to warm any home.

Don’t forget the IT item of the season:

The Ipod! (and the ipod case, and the itunes gift certificate that you can send right now from your computer to your ipod friends...so easy, and done! Just go to itunes.com and buy!)

Pottery Barn has classy, traditional shadow boxes and all the fixings. Now you just need to create some memories.

The perfect timeless piece for your children, black and white photos, keepsakes, mementos. Or maybe the first year of your romance with your significant other....a loving photograph, theatre tickets, matches from the first restaurant or first date. Make it personal, a gift that lasts a lifetime.

Or what about chalkboard wine tags, a different way to clearly identify the culprit! No fingerprinting necessary.

These Blik Wall Graphics from Relish are so cool! We get bored. We like change. We expect change. These were made for us.

These playful peel-and-stick graphics will add verve to any room in the house - walls, ceilings, baby rooms, wherever you need a change. The self-adhesive and easily removable decals come in a variety of styles and colors and can be directly applied to bare white walls or painted backgrounds for more contrast. Perfect for the new 'baby on the way' or hassle-free kids room makeover!

Add zoom to the room and with well designed competition. $69

Visit Relish for oodles of unique holiday gift ideas... from Pucciesque computer bags, clever felt slippers or pot holders, and modern ceramic vases. Relish is filled with modern objects for the modern gal's life!

Relish
433 NW 10th Avenue
503.227.3779
Relish Style.com

Sure, he knows the difference between an ale or a pilsner, but what about a Pinot, Merlot or Cabernet?

If you’ve ever gone to a restaurant with your sweetie and he’s seemed…well…challenged in the wine list area, we’ve got the guide for you! Mark Oldman’s Oldman’s Guide to Outsmarting Wine is the perfect “how-to” for the novice oenophile.

Oldman (known as the Naked Chef of wine) makes it easy for anyone to appreciate, order and differentiate in the overwhelming wine world. Our favorite quote? "The dirty little secret of wine appreciation is that there's just not that much to it." Well, then! Your significant other will enjoy the cheat sheets and the casual tone much like he enjoys the sports page on Sunday.

Do yourself a favor and go to www.amazon.com as a present to yourself AND him ($12.24).

Anyone in the know knows that Anthony Logistics skin and fragrance line is the hottest thing around, and we’ve found the perfect way to ease him in to a routine with their Holiday Cleansing Gels Duo. He’ll feel refreshed and revived after using the Eucalyptus Mint and Peppermint Blends (2 for $50), and you’ll love the yummy scent.

Go to www.anthony.com for this and other skin care essentials…

Bonus: Proceeds from all sales are donated to charities involved in the Fight Against Prostate Cancer. As far as we’re concerned, that makes this particular purchase more than essential!

Go to www.nordstrom.com for this and other holiday finds ($115).

Pick up a couple of Hummer’s GMRS 2-Way Radios and you can schedule that rendezvous at the lodge in no time.

Sure, he’d probably rather have the actual Hummer vehicle, but give him functionality AND status with this water-resistant radio with 22 channels/836 channel combinations (and a 7 mile transmission range and weather alerts!).

Only $99 at www.bloomingdales.com…

Each is handcrafted from premier cigar-producing countries like the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua and arrives in a classy wooden box with a humidification element that ensures freshness!

Pick up a box now at www.redenvelope.com to make an impression he won’t soon forget ($95).

Treat your little holiday hottie to some 100 % cotton Christmas lovin’ and go to www.bananarepublic.com for a holiday steal…

Bonus: It shouldn’t be too hard to snag a pair from his drawer (no pun intended!) for yourself!

Blinn is celebrating New Year’s Eve!

Special menu choices, such as Lobster Potpie, Roasted Smoked Prime Rib & Nori Crusted Ahi Tuna...just to name a few items. They'll have a band & dancing in the main bar, complimentary champagne & complimentary party favors for all.

The entire restaurant will be adorned in silver & white, with over 200 white roses on the tables!

Reservations are required. 503-636-4561

Tucci celebrates its second anniversary in Lake Oswego with a new winter menu and a New Year’s Eve dinner.

New Year’s Eve Dinner and John Butler Trio

Chef Pascal Chureau has created a special New Year’s Eve menu that reflects traditional Italian holiday dishes.

Highlights of the five-course dinner include, Roasted Quail con Gorgonzola; Sabra di Poli Grappa & Blood Orange Sorbetto; Saffron and Tuacca Braised Wild Salmon; “Piedmontese” Filet Mignon; and Brioche Baked Seckle Pear stuffed with Armagnac Soaked Plums.

Prices range from $63 to $78 not including wine.

Other New Year’s Ideas:

• Try and make a restaurant reservation at your fave restaurant.
• Take a Town Car with all your girlfriends to The Pearl for some restaurant and bar hopping.
• Stay home and have a potluck with other families! And invite them all to stay the night. (Have disco music, fun food, firecrackers, hats and horns.)
• Take a cab to H20 or Doug Fir (and a cab home).
• Don’t do anything and celebrate on each time zone amongst yourselves.
• Skip town to the beach or the mountains, if you can get away.
• Don’t worry about it. You have a year of it ahead to celebrate! Start your healthy New Year’s early. (It’s never as much fun as you think it’ll be anyway.)