Christian Ross

Gift Giving Made Easy – Black is the new Black

Men, we should dress like men. Here’s a little guide to looking your best in gray/black and making your significant others’ knees buckle in the process. Feel free to show up your boss and/or wear it out for a nice evening. Also, some of these are completely out of everyone’s price range, I realize that. Use it as a guide.

2010 Men’s Style Guide

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2010 Men's Style Guide in Black

1. Nigel Cabourn Naval Duffel Coat: $1150
2. Brooklyn Tailors White Formal Shirt: $138
3. Brooklyn Tailors No. BKT50 in Mid Grey: $695
4. Ben Sherman High-shine Lace-up Pointed Brogue: $110
5. Ralph Lauren Black Label Narrow Jacquard Squares Tie: $75
6. J. Crew Drakes London® Cashmere Scarf: $$425
7. Ben Sherman Boxed Leather Cut-to-Fit Belt: $32

Gift-giving Made Easy 2010

Hopefully I can pencil in enough hours to knock out a few of my own gift ideas before the month ends. I’ve even enlisted a bit of help as well for a post or two so we’ll see how that turns out. I had a good time coordinating gifts by color and designing matching posts last year, but this year simple lists/montages will probably have to suffice due to time constraints.

I couldn’t come up with a decent title for this one but it falls somewhere along the lines of:

Home griller / Bobby Flay wannabe

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Wannabe Home Foodie

1. Salt Plate: $40
2. One Line Spice Rack: $190
3. Two Dudes, One Pan: Maximum Flavor from a Minimalist Kitchen: $25
4. OXO Grilling Tools: $50
5. Handcrafted Terra Cotta Pizza Oven: $1900
6. Apron Cooking Guide: $20
7. Char-Broil Oil Less Turkey Fryer: $99
8. The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion & Cooking Manual: $25

Christmas Music – Day 3

Looking for those special tracks to spend a nice evening with your significant other in front of the tree? Welcome to the Jazz/classic portion of our album; including one of my most all-time favorite Christmas tracks by trumpet player Troy Andrews. All instrumental and probably best played last in the evening if you know what’s good for you.

1. Troy Andrews – O Holy Night

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2. Ella Fitzgerald – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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3.The Drifters – White Christmas

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4. Frank Sinatra – The Christmas Song

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5. Michael Buble – I’ll Be Home For Christmas

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6. Ray Charles – Santa Claus is Coming To Town

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Download individual tracks above or get all 6 at once here: CreepySanta2010 Jazz

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Christmas Music – Day 2

Let’s build out our CreepySanta2010 album a little further, today’s tracks come courtesy of my foot as it taps. Let loose and dance a little. Or crank it up and watch your little ones do a little jig of their own.

Note: There’s a high possibility that I drop a 5th track through the Twitter today. You should follow along or at least swing by to pick it up. Also, don’t forget Day 1.

1. Brighten (ft. The Maine) – Merry Christmas Baby

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2. Sufjan Stevens – Put the Lights on the Tree

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3. Bing Crosby (Beef Wellington remix) – Happy Holidays

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4. Gatsby’s American Dream – Christmas Time is Here

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Christmas Music 2010

Creepy Santa 2010It’s still early enough in the holiday season that you shouldn’t be tired of Christmas music yet. I’ve actually been spinning Christmas tracks now for a few weeks trying to sort through what I have and what you might like to hear.

If you were around my Internet neighborhood last year then you probably know that I have a decent collection of Christmas music and attempted to share some of it with you. If you and I were not connected by the Internets last year, then you missed out on the single greatest event in the history of mankind. Sorry. Lucky for you, we’ll try and recreate it this year.

With a little pre-planning already done, my goal is to keep you supplied with some music for your collection that will hopefully give you something other than the Chipmunks or David Archuleta for your listening pleasure. If you have the be-boppinist, toe-tappinest, do-wop of a track that you’d like to share, get in touch.

To catch the newbies up, this first couple of posts are just some highlights of things missed in 2009.

To listen on the site, hit the play button. To download the track to your own computer, right-click each title and choose “Save Link As” or “Save Target As” to download. (more…)