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12 Days of Dappered: #1 – A subscription of some sort

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It’ll be here before you know it.  So if you’re in need of a few ideas on what to give (or in some cases, what to put on your own list) this year, this is the place to be for the next couple weeks.  Our annual 12 days of Dappered covers one item each week-day between now and December 11th.  That’ll leave some time for shipping if you’re the last minute type.  All will be reasonably affordable.  See the growing archive here.

Sage advice Cousin Eddie.  Whether given or received, some sort of subscription ranks in many of our personal top 10 best gifts of all time.  A few ideas by type here:

  • The Reader: A Paris Review subscription.
  • The tech & news junkie:  A digital subscription to the New York times.
  • The old fashioned, likes to start the day slow guy:  A local newspaper subscription.
  • The guy starting to get into dressing “well”:  Esquire or GQ.  More than just clothes too.
  • The Wine Guy:  A tastingroom.com “trailblazer” membership.  3 months, mini bottles of wine, all for $99
  • The hard to buy for: A one or three box subscription to Bespoke Post.  He can opt out of boxes just like normal subscribers.  So in reality, he’s shopping a bit for himself.  UPDATE:  You can take $10 off today for Cyber Monday w/ the code ELF.
  • The non-stop Christmas Vacation quoter:  An honest-to-goodness Jelly of the Month club.  Yes.  High comedy.  Now where’s the Tylenol?

What else?  Ever given or received some kind of subscription as a gift and it was particularly tremendous?  Leave it all in the comments.

Honestly, not a bookworm over here.  But this is one of the best gifts I’ve ever received.

Comments

  1. For the foodie: “Lucky Peach,” a quarterly mag from McSweeneys and edited by David Chang. Anthony Bourdain is a regular contributor.

  2. Subscription to The Economist. Must read for anyone who keeps up with current events. Sane, responsible news analysis in international affairs, finance, and science to name a few.

  4. It’s unlike any other food mag published in the US. Virtually no advertising and possibly the only one where you’ll find the word “f**k” in the middle of a recipe. Not “fork,” btw. 🙂

  5. If you can afford it, there’s a lot of potential value in a Netflix subscription. Or if the recipient has a satellite radio they never use because can’t afford or justify to pay for it, you can pay for it for them for a period of time.

  7. Very good call! This month’s long conversation with Jonathan Gold and Robert Sietsema made me actually want to spend time in LA, which, is most assuredly not my usual frame of mind!

  8. For the NBA lover – SLAM Magazine is only $1.99 today (Cyber Monday) for a one year digital subscription via Apple Newsstand.

  14. I don’t know how anyone can advocate subscribing to Esquire as long as Charles Pierce (the rush limbaugh of the left) is on their payroll. They also rarely feature an outfit with a price tag under $1k. (maybe they have an “affordable style” feature every once in a blue moon where they’re more like 500)

  15. For the record, I’m no fan of Charlie Pierce either. Quite the opposite in fact (and it doesn’t have much to do with his politics, but instead, his delivery a-la Rush.) Meanwhile, writing off an entire mag because of one contributor, which is absolutely something someone has the right to do, smacks of the extreme all-or-nothing behavior which I think Mr. P. and Mr. L. can sometimes ride their horses of rich and fame on.

    It’s just a gift idea. Let’s not turn it into a political rally.

  16. I thought I would enjoy a subscription to The Economist (& The New Yorker) for Christmas last year, so my wife obliged. I don’t think I’ve ever actually read an entire issue, and stopped trying after about 6 months. It is AMAZING content, but it is too much for a weekly magazine. I know others out there have the time and attention span to digest that much information…I just couldn’t make it work. Sad to say, as I fear it makes me sound a bit simple, I won’t be subscribing further.

  17. Two suggestions:

    1) THE WEEK. a weekly news mag that you can actually read. it covers issues in a non-partesian basis and then does a quick analysis of different viewpoints on the matter, quoting sources like the NY times, Wall street Journal, time, Foreignpolicy.com, Reuters, etc. basically an encompassing, concise summary of notable events every week. plus mobile subscriptions are included with a nifty daily briefing that takes 10 mins to read and covers everything from celebs to troop mobilization. If you cant tell, its my favorite news source.

    2) MONOCLE. I have been craving a subscription for about a year. beautifully published, comprehensive and interesting. It will be vying with the Paris Review for a spot on my Xmas list this year.

    I can also vouch for the NYT digital subscriptions, as a student living abroad it is a cost-effective way to keep up.

    Cheers,
    Chris