A Nice Cuppa

Adagio Teas is offering a nice selection of tea gifts on sale. The gifts section of Adagio.com includes an assortment of tea sampler gifts at good-value prices. Each offers a great introduction to loose leaf tea and practical piece of teaware. Take for example the glass infuser mug shown at left, paired with […]

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Is there a fashionable tea lover on your shopping list this year? Then, consider this…

England based Emeyu offers a selection of beautifully designed tea samplers. Each Tea Library, as Emeyu calls them, contains four loose leaf teas gathered around one of six themes: Pure, Scent, Wellness, Health, 24-Hour and Princess Margarita of Romania. […]

Whomever said gift cards were impersonal presents obviously hasn’t heard about the brand new offer from Starbucks. This holiday season, you can create customized gift cards for your family and friends that will undoubtedly bring a huge smile to their face. The customization goes beyond your basic choice of adorable illustrations. You now have the […]

I love giving and receiving gift baskets for the holidays.  Now don’t get me wrong.  I don’t mean the prefilled kind that you just throw in your shopping cart and send off without a second thought.  I mean the kind where you physically buy an empty basket and carefully select the items to go into […]

As my boyfriend pointed out to me the other day, it’s now officially the holiday season as Starbucks stores all over the world have broken out their signature red cups. For the next few months, we’ll all be able to brighten our mornings and drag ourselves into the office with steaming hot Egg Nog, Gingerbread, […]

I visited an exhibit at the Penn Museum recently called “River of Gold” about a pre-Colombian society that lived by a golden-laden river. I believe I have discovered a modern day river of gold: drinkable pumpkin pie.
I’m having trouble deciding on a name for this delightfully golden and incredibly healthy beverage. Liquid Pie? Fall-in-a-Mug? Hot […]

Once upon a time I received a Starbucks gift card and I used it diligently to purchase Grande White Chocolate Mochas and Venti Cinnamon Dolce lattes until the balance reached zero and I tossed it out. Unfortunately a few weeks later I received a note from Starbucks stating that they had added $5 to my […]