THE SOHO JOURNAL GIFT GUIDE.

Joby Gorillapod
$24.95 and up.
www.joby.com

The Joby Gorillapod is one clever device. It’s a tripod designed for digital cameras, and as you can see the three legs are almost infinitely positionable. This comes in handy when you want to set up your camera on an uneven surface, or even on a tree branch; the sturdy, rubberized legs wrap can wrap snugly around it. Different sizes are available to accommodate SLR’s with heavy zoom lenses or video cameras up to 11 pounds. The smaller original size that we tested also worked perfectly for my digital audio recorder. It makes a fun office toy to boot. I swear, if you put a round computer video camera on a Gorillapod it looks just like something out of War of the Worlds. This is a stuffing stocker that people will actually use.

Pastaio mimobot(R) USB Flash Drive by tokidoki
$34.95
www.mimoco.com

Mimobot has an extensive collection of designer 1GB flash drives that are sure to appeal to fans of the cutesy aesthetic defined by stores like Toy Robot or artist Haruki Murakami. We tested the Pastaio, pictured righ, part of a subset of drives designed by tokidoki. Pastaio is an adorable lil’ devil who wants to feed you a heaping plate of pasta a la death. He also stores all manner of files with much more reliability than you’d expect from something this trendy. Visit the website to see dozens more styles.

Earthyware
Prices vary
www.earthyware.com

Earthyware just feels good. As soon as you pick it up you just want to cook in it, eat off it, drink from it and surround yourself with it. Handmade from South American river clay, Earthyware is natural, healthy and eco-friendly. Best of all, it’s free of Teflon and other toxic materials used in traditional cookware making it a safe, smart solution. You’re gonna love it.

Oatmeal Bear Pajama Pants & Oatmeal Bear Applique Tank Top
$30.00 + $19.00
www.hatleystore.com

It’s a thin line between saccharine and charmingly droll. Fortunately, the outdoorsy prints featured on these comfortable, mostly 100% cotton clothes fall on the right side of that line. The two items pictured are some of my wife’s favorite lounge-around-the-house clothes. I’d include a picture of her wearing them but she’s shy; plus I don’t want to be flooded with emails asking about the hot lady in the bear shirt and how to get in touch with her. Back off, fellas, she’s taken.

Pomegranate Noir
www.jomalone.com

The inspiration for Pomegranate Noir began with a vintage dress in rich red silk, worn by a woman to a dinner party in London. From this single starting point, began a journey that eventually led to the red leathery skins of the pomegranate fruit. The attraction to pomegranate is not only in its rustic beauty, but also in both its delicious taste and eating experience. Only once the waxy skin is broken does this delicious fruit reveal its jewel-colored seeds, held stubbornly beneath, that quite unexpectedly release blood-red juice to eagerly stain fingers and mouths. Jo Malone’s enigmatic fragrance, Pomegranate Noir, is replete with the captivating scent, beauty, sensuality, and mystical qualities of the alluring pomegranate, and infused with other ripe, luscious fruits, then blended with smoky patchouli and rich, earthy woods to give it an irresistible depth. Pomegranate Noir is a mystery that unravels with time. Available at Jo Malone Shops, specialty stores including Bergdorf Goodman, select Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue stores nationwide.

Canvas On Demand
www.canvasondemand.com

Turn Your Sentimental Photo Into Canvas Art! With this amazing process, COD will take your most valued possessions, your photos and turn them into beautiful works of art printed on canvas and made to look like the most impressive oil paintings that even the masters would admire. With this revolutionary process COD can even take old and less that perfect photos and make them better and turn them into works of art too! They can also frame them for you. There is still plenty of time to order and send a loved one something really special this Christmas season. Visit www.canvasondemand. com for more info, an assortment of options and testimonials from our customers as well as a stunning gallery of our work!

PlantLove(TM)
Green Goddess Collection
www.Sephora.com

This is a collection of Plantlove’s high performance, ultra-fine micronized eyeshadows and blushes that are infused with both natural and organic ingredients. PlantLove(TM) Green Goddess Collection is housed in a compostable case made from 100% plant-derived plastic. This bio-plastic is completely greenhouse gas neutral. The outer carton is made from 100% post-consumer waste and produced in a mill that has a zero carbon footprint.