{"id":1144,"date":"2015-12-04T04:16:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T04:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:27:00","slug":"holiday-boy-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=1144","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Boy Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gift buying for men can be a challenge, but if you just use a little creative thinking, it is actually pretty damned easy.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 things I’d suggest as being a little left of center:<\/p>\n

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  1. Collapsable umbrellas<\/a> (you always need one in a briefcase \u2013 or the car \u2013 or the desk)<\/li>\n
  2. Car wash vouchers<\/a> (most all men like a clean car, but hate to do\u00a0it)<\/li>\n
  3. Readers<\/a> (it is nice to have a few sets of 1.50X laying around to magnify stuff – Amazon has 6 packs for cheap)<\/li>\n
  4. Fancy shaving<\/a> stuff (a luxurious shave just makes a man feel really special)<\/li>\n
  5. Magazine subscriptions<\/a> (men read while in the men’s room)<\/li>\n
  6. Liquor<\/a> (find a bottle with a story – or make one of your own)<\/li>\n
  7. Undergarments (nice underwear or t-shirts – not FOTL, but Andrew Christian<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  8. Meat (a steak delivery<\/a> via mail order)<\/li>\n
  9. A Yeti<\/a> cooler (they’re just bad-ass)<\/li>\n
  10. Technology<\/a>, particularly related to music (bluetooth speakers, usb turntable, headphones, car chargers)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Happy shopping!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Gift buying for men can be a challenge, but if you just use a little creative thinking, it is actually pretty damned easy. Here are 10 things I’d suggest as being a little left of center: Collapsable umbrellas (you always need one in a briefcase \u2013 or the car \u2013 or the desk) Car wash vouchers (most all men like a clean car, but hate to do\u00a0it) Readers (it is nice to have a few sets of 1.50X laying around to magnify stuff – Amazon has 6 packs for cheap) Fancy shaving stuff (a luxurious shave just makes a man feel really special) Magazine subscriptions (men read while in the men’s room) Liquor (find a bottle with a story – or make one of your own) Undergarments (nice underwear or t-shirts – not FOTL, but Andrew Christian) Meat (a steak delivery via mail order) A Yeti cooler (they’re just bad-ass) Technology, particularly related to music (bluetooth speakers, usb turntable, headphones, car chargers) Happy shopping!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[7,259,270],"class_list":["post-1144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-austin","tag-christmas-2015","tag-mens-gifts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3015,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144\/revisions\/3015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}