| Evelyn Hannon
This holiday season why
not experiment with travel themes when creating gifts for the women
nearest and dearest to you? If you choose your titles carefully,
a terrific book teamed with other girl-friendly goodies seems to
work beautifully. Here are just a few of my suggestions based on
the latest travel guides and products I've learned about in 2003.
Perhaps they'll stimulate you to create your own mix 'n match travel
gift packs as well.
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great-granny...
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your favorite older armchair traveller I recommend
a talking book - and what better title than Under
the Tuscan Sun? Team your selection with
a framed photo of you "on site" hiking the
marvelous rolling hills of Tuscany; then add long-distance
vouchers so that great-granny can chat with
all her relatives no matter where in the world they
live. We'll bet that this gift combo gets you top
marks from your family's matriarch. |
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For grandma...
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may like to bake cookies but they also love to travel.
Looking for an appropriate 50+ travel adventure
book for grandma? You can't go wrong with the title,
Unbelievably Good Deals & Great Adventures:
That You Absolutely Can't Get Unless You're over
Fifty by Joan Rattner Heilman. It's absolutely
tops in its class. Then add to that a small suitcase
on wheels in the latest shade of shocking
pink, or gift wrap a state-of-the-art Tempur
travel pillow to make granny's globe-trotting
as easy and enjoyable as possible. A fabulous blend
of items! |
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mom...
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this category we have two book ideas -- Journeywoman
heartily recommends The Rough Guide to The
Internet. Without a trace of tech talk, this
little gem will teach mamma everything from shopping
online for the best travel deals to creating her very
own web page to researching her next holiday at Journeywoman.com.
Add to that the hot culinary title, From Curries
to Kebobs: recipes from the indian spice trail
by cookery expert, Madhur Jaffrey. This book sizzles
not only because of the 100 plus curry recipes the
author has included but also for it's absolutely gorgeous
layout and armchair travel content. Combine this cookbook
with a creatively wrapped gift certificate from the
gourmet grocers and you're off to a perfect start.
Now mom will be able to buy the ingredients needed
for some great new recipes and will probably invite
you to sample all her new, delicious fare. It's a
perfect win-win situation. |
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your aunt...
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is a three-step gift with an Italian travel theme
-- Start with a woman's tale that combines both love
and a juicy travel adventure. Journeywoman heartily
recommends, A Thousand Days in Venice: An
Unexpected Romance by Marlena de Blasi. It's
a light, fun read, one that is sure to make the recipient
smile. Now gift-wrap a lovely bottle of Italian wine
to add to auntie's reading enjoyment. Complete your
offering with a Quick
Take Off in Italian Language Course that promises
essential Italian in under three hours. Produced by
Oxford Press this language kit contains a coursebook
and 2 x75-minute CDs. Come the spring, Auntie will
probably be on her way to Italy, she'll be chatting
in Italian, and you'll definitely be her favourite
niece. |
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