With the holiday season right around the corner, complete your gift shopping for everyone on your list with these gourmet goodies, fashion brands, and an inspirational read. Family, friends, and significant others can revel in the finer pleasures that bring joy, happiness, and personal growth this holiday season and beyond.
For a gift that truly amazes, these finds are everything your loved ones will adore.
The Foodie
In New York’s famous Soho District is the world-renowned, luxurious chocolate company, MarieBelle Chocolates. This holiday season, the flagship retail location at 484 Broome Street offers patrons a sumptuous shopping experience for the eyes and appetite with lavish window displays which aim to warm the heart. The perfect gift, MarieBelle Chocolates are artfully wrapped in luxury boxes with colorful ribbons.
Experience gifts are becoming more popular than material gifts. Chef Omakase creates a fantastic culinary experience that dispels the myth that a private chef is only available to the ultra-wealthy. Menus include such selections as an Italian curated dinner with an appetizer of poached Fava Beans and Herbed Tomatoes. Chef Omakase matches you with a professional chef who will prepare a course menu in your home at your leisure. Pick the Chef, select your menu, and “Leave it up to the Chef!”
Out on the East End, give your loved ones the gift of dining. How about the perfect steak and sushi dinner? Union Sushi & Steak at 40 Bowden Square in Southampton is an exquisite restaurant that boasts meals and service fit for royalty. Sushi selections are delectable, and their sublime USDA prime steaks and cuts are renowned in the region. Mouthwatering bliss awakens your taste buds with the Dry Aged Bone in Rib Eye and Australian Grass Fed Lamb Chops.
Treat someone to Union Burger Bar, a restaurant that continues to offer an assortment of specialty gourmet burgers, fresh hand-cut fries, maniacal milkshakes, and desserts and an elaborate craft beer and small batch bourbon selection.
Give the gift of classic cuisine with a modern twist this Holiday Season with a gift certificate to T-Bar Southampton. The restaurant is a divine and picturesque locale for an exquisite meal. With inspiring menu selections, the establishment offers guests outstanding cuisine in a casual, yet sophisticated space.
The Bookworm
This Holiday season, give the gift of becoming a great leader with the new book by Dr. Karyn Gordon, “The Three Chairs: How Great Leaders Drive Communication, Performance, and Engagement.” Dr. Karyn Gordon is the CEO and co-founder of DK Leadership, a global leadership coaching company whose purpose is developing great leaders at work and home.
Discover tools you can easily apply at work and home that get results for everyone from CEOs to students. The book, which includes a special forward from Shark Tank Investor Robert Herjavec, has already received rave reviews from dozens of leaders within the industry. The book is currently #2 on The Wall Street Journal Best Selling Books list, as well as being listed USA Today Best Selling Books.
The Fashionista
Head to the Upper East Side where Chuck’s Vintage has a new store in Manhattan, and they are offering up the most stylish gifts this holiday season. Since opening on the Upper East Side this fall, fashionistas have been raving about the collection that showcases the best of the past in the present. The new store’s showcase of vintage denim must be seen to be believed. Chuck’s Vintage founder, the late Madeline Cammarata, was always about making people smile through clothing. Honoring her legacy with gifts from this timeless store will stretch the joy on with denim lovers in your life.