Some thoughts—gift guides, funny sofa videos

Observer with many auctions first thing Tuesday morning

Collected thoughts regarding gift guides, materialism, funny videos about furniture.

1. I did gift guides the past couple of weeks, for Snake and for Super Health

   Gifts: For design n00bs, chefs, readers, deal hounds, flatware freaks, Italians

   Gifts: For health psychos, onlookers, normal people and all points in between

   rocking in each case with affiliates (

   Emilia Petrarca
   ’s fine explanation here) to make some cash on posts without paywalling them. I took a harder sell with the items I recommended in these letters than I tend …