Like Like’s Unhinged Guide for Gifts to Give and or Receive™️
This is my holiday email, if you even care!!
So apparently, if you start a Substack you have to write regularly?? Well, what I thought would be a very intellectually sexy and creatively productive moment for me is actually just me on my period, deleting more sentences than writing them. 10/10 experience so far, no notes!
Good thing my ambitious little fingies are led by the holiday spirit (and a deep-set fear of failure) to bring you my second newsletter featuring a list of thoughtfully curated gifts for the holiday season. Like many of us holiday shoppers, this guide eschews budget, reason, and the prioritization of family members over friends. I hope it inspires and delights despite it being very poorly timed.
Reporting stoned out of my gourd on a Saturday night, I bring to you…
The Unhinged Guide for Gifts to Give and or Receive™️
For Cool Coworker: Bad Mormon by Heather Gay on Audible $13.49 Start the year off right with Jen Shah’s Ex-Best Friend and New York Times Best Selling Author, Heather Gay, and learn about temple garments.
For your girly-pop (friend level 1): Brandy Melville Olive Oil. $25 In the deep and gurgling well of my own self-loathing, the fact that I used to be a Brandy Melville employee lurks at the very bottom. That saga is for a different email. Right now I just want to call attention to the fact that BM is selling a product that contains calories.
For Friend Who Got Way Into Crypto: $7,500 Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card on TheRealReal TRR is a silly, magical place where you can put this item and anything from The Row in the same cart.
For Step Dad: Nothing at all OR a $500 Cameo from George Santos. Enjoy a minute-long pep talk from who makes America great, a gay scam artist.
For Sister: Paris Hilton’s Sliving Spices Jar Set. $24.99 Ok, practical!!
For Your Mom Friend: MILF Tube Top. Fashion Brand Company. $69 Also ideal for an iconic Instagram baby announcement.
For Your Bestina (friend level 4): Sophia Coppola’s Archive $65 OR Gift Card to SF-cool-girl skin spa, Monastery.
What is the opposite of a gatekeeper - a saint? Who, me?
If anyone was wondering what I would like for Christmas, it is this year’s breakout holiday trend, a Shrimp Tree. Outside of the depths of hell, I am unsure where this originated, but it sounds like a 1974 Bon Appétit article is partly to blame. I am sad to report that I haven’t experienced this phenomenon IRL just yet, but I’m thinking maybe I’ll try it this weekend with my husband - the only person I know who is contractually bound to still love me and take care of me after I have made myself sick from two ice-cold martinis and 25 room-temp shrimps.
Freakies, I am wishing you a happy holiday filled with whatever makes you feel good and a very…
