HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
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Steal a little thunder from wardrobe and jewelry designer
Michael Schmidt’s high-profile clients — like Lady Gaga,
Any oenophile worth his salt will savor Mission
Wines’ holiday gift package pairing a bottle of the
Rihanna and Ozzy Osbourne (okay, maybe not Ozzy
2010 Sandhi Rita’s Crown Chardonnay Sta. Rita
Osbourne) — with his stunning chrome-spiked
Hills with a copy of Secrets of the Sommeliers by
cluster bracelet.Your lucky recipient can pair this
Rajat Parr, Sandhi Wines partner and wine director
dramatic piece with the simplest black dress,
for San Francisco celebrity chef Michael Mina’s
and vie with Deborah Harry for sheer fabulosity
restaurant group. And don’t forget to mention that
(the dress he created for her with 3,500 razor
Rita’s Crown Chardonnay received a hefty 94
blades is showcased in the Metropolitan
points from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, which
Museum of Art’s Costume Institute). $1,100; Gold Bug, 22 E. Union St., Pasadena;
(626) 744-9963; goldbugpasadena.com.
lauded its “superb textural elegance.” $88.99; Mission Wines, 1114 Mission St.,
South Pasadena; (626) 403-9463; missionwines.com.
The Italian luxury goods If the way to your man’s heart is through his
house Campo Marzio Design makes sleek Moda
stereo system, you may need to break out
laptop cases in a stunning
the defibrillator when you present him
array of colors, from pumpkin
with these sleek Klipsch Gallery G-17 Air
to raspberry, and their con-
AirPlay Speakers. This beauty, deemed
struction of nylon with leather
“excellent” by pcmag.com, streams
handles makes them sturdy —
music wirelessly from his iPhone, iPad and iPod, boasting Tractrix Horn tech-
but light as a feather — even if
nology for powerful audio. And check out
her computer isn’t. $140; Colori, 2639 Mission St.,
this baby’s horizontal array of drivers. $499; Best Buy, 3415 E. Foothill Blvd.,
San Marino; (626) 793-0554;
Pasadena; (626) 351-9516; bestbuy.com.
colori-usa.com.
If your giftee is a beautyholic, which pretty much covers every female over
Take care of your guy with a Garmin Forerunner 110
12, consider M. Steves’ new line of skin care drenched in RHSO — rose hip
GPS Bundle Fitness Watch, which does some of the
seed oil. Mally Steves Chakola, the collection’s creator, describes RHSO’s
heavy lifting on his daily runs. It has a GPS so he’ll
delights as a veritable fount of antioxidants and essential fatty acids that
never get lost, a heart-rate monitor, Garmin Training
combat scarring, stretch marks, UV dam-
Center software compatible with enhanced training,
age and burns, as well as the usual sus-
HotFix satellite prediction for speeding up GPS posi-
pects of dry skin, wrinkles, fine lines and
tioning and more. Long live the king (of your castle).
skin tone that’s simply manqué.
$169.98; Dick’s Sporting Goods,
From $34 for the RHSO Power-Packed
3359 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena;
Purifying Cleanser to $68 for the RHSO Power-Packed Anti-Aging Serum; visit msteves.com.
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(626) 351-1843; dickssportinggoods.com.