City Plates are beautiful dishes which are as beautiful as they are useful. They’re porcelain plates featuring a downtown area of a major city printed on a black background. Cities available are Chicago, Berlin, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. If you purchase the New Orleans plate, [...]
Entries from January 31st, 2010
Southern Gospel Cookbook
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon
Two of the greatest joys in the world are Southern Gospel Music and Southern Cooking. The Southern Gospel Music Cookbook: Favorite Recipes from More Than 100 Gospel Music Performers combines both of them. The book contains a brief history of Southern Gospel Music, and then goes right into the recipes for appetizers, drinks, soups, salads, breads, [...]
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Hope for Haiti Now Album Downloads
January 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Apple, Developing Areas
Chances are last Friday you turned on the TV and saw the telethon for Haiti with a star-studded cast coming together to raise money for Haiti. So far, they’ve raised $57 million and counting. Huge stars from every musical genre were on hand to lend their support. You can help the cause by purchasing the [...]
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Buy a Joseph Abboud suit to support Haiti
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Developing Areas, Doctors Without Borders, Nordstrom
Of course, the best way to donate to Haiti Earthquake relief is to give directly, especially to one of the best charities to Haiti. On the other hand, if you happen to be in the market for a suit, from January 24 through January 30, Joseph Abboud is supporting aid efforts in Haiti by donating 10% [...]
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Portable Water Dish and Leash: A Great Gift for the Dog
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Animal Causes
You may be wondering why the World Wrestling Federation changed its three letter acronym from WWF to WWE. The short version of the story is, WWF belonged to the World Wildlife Federation. I say this so you know that the purchase of this gift will go to help endangered animals and not Big Show or The Miz [...]
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Best charities to donate to for Haiti Earthquake relief
January 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · American Red Cross, AmeriCares, CARE International, Developing Areas, Doctors Without Borders
You’re probably seeing the devastation of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti on your TV screens, and you may be inspired to donate to help those who are suffering. But while it’s important to give, it’s also important to be very selective in your giving. Unfortunately, for as many wonderful, generous, and giving people there are [...]
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Gingerbread from the Heart
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities, Ronald McDonald House
Gingerbread from the Heart is a heartwarming story about three children who each build a gingerbread house for their grandmother. One house is a crooked house build out of graham crackers, one is a silly beach hut, and one is a perfect fairy tale house with cookies and gumdrops. Which house will grandma say is the [...]
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Here comes the tickle monster!
January 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Amazon, Children's Charities
This Tickle Monster Book & Mitts Gift Set includes both the Tickle Monster book by Jodie Bissett and a one-size-fits-most pair of Tickle Monster Magical Mitts. This is a wonderful children’s book about a loveable monster with big piggy mitts who’s just arrived on this planet from (where else?) Planet Tickle! He tickles everyone who comes [...]
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Rockport Walking Shoes
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Children's Charities, FogDog
These Rockport Limited Edition DresSports Shoes were specially produced for the New York City Marathon. The Rockport team ran the entire marathon in these shoes. It was a clever way to tout the comfort of their walking shoes, but it wasn’t entirely self-serving; some proceeds from sales of these shoes go to benefit the “Run For Something Better” [...]
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Free ticket at Walt Disney World or Disneyland for Volunteering to Charity
January 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
In 2009, Disney was giving away a free day at Disney Parks to people on their birthday. If you think about it, it was a clever marketing gimmick on Disney’s part. If one family member has a birthday, everyone else in the family would tag along and of course pay for their admission. In 2010, [...]
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