Gift Guide Part #7: Your Younger Brother Who Can Fly a Plane and Strike Up a Conversation with Anybody.

Colorblock sweatshirt for knocking around on lazy Saturdays, $168. (Here's another cute one for $59.50.)

Matchbooks to have around his apartment for candles/romance/easy decor. $5/each.

Slate cheese board, made in Brooklyn. $29 or $44. (The small size is sold out, but the others are in stock.)

Scratch map to record his travels, $16.49.

Good old-fashioned jacks to play over a glass of wine, $6.

Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost stories, $10.84. Dahl read 749 creepy tales at the British Museum Library before selecting the 14 that comprise this anthology. "Dahl's taste, it will surprise no one, is impeccable," says the Washington Post.

Moccasin slippers, for padding around his apartment, $49. (I have the girl's version and love them.)

Egg cooking spoons so he can make perfect soft-boiled eggs for the ladies. 10.50 Euro for a set of four.

Thermo Pot for bringing a warm lunches on adventures, $39.90. Keeps food hot for five hours, guaranteed for 10 years.

Knife skills class, prices vary.

Sifteo Cubes, $129.95. My sister's brother-in-law created this awesome award-winning interactive game system, featuring toys that talk to each other. The cubes communicate wirelessly and respond to each other and your gestures. They come with four pre-installed games, and you can download many more. (P.S. Their TED talk was rated one of the "top 5 most engaging TED talks" of all time.)


Damn Good Advice, $9.95, a genius and very opinionated handbook by George Lois, the original Mad Man. (I really want this myself!)

And, always and forever, the Icelandic Beard Cap, $79.

P.S. More gifts for brothers, and (finally) the complete 2012 gift guide!

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Gift Guide Part #4: Your Adventurous Younger Brother Who Planted Flowers on His Fire Escape and Taught Your Toddler How to Wink.

Rad cycling print, $20. (More sports here.)
Stuffed hamburger press, because it's slightly awesomer than it is gross. $14.95.
A soap dish to inspire him every morning, $20.
Japanese bottle openers, $40 to $60, to impress beautiful women all his life.
High Falls class! No joke, this NYC class "preps students for the biggest adrenaline rush of their lives." After practicing on trampolines, students climb up a ladder to a platform and jump into an airbag below. Yikes!!! $75. (P.S. Course Horse is a rad website of NYC classes, including Microexpressions, Dancing and Sausages.)
Glow-in-the-dark frisbee, bocce ball, cornhole, etc. $9.40 to $75.
Saturdays tee, since it's his favorite day of the week, $40.
Laguiole pocket knife from France, $49.
GoPro HD Hero, a wearable digital camera, so he can film (in high def) his point-of-view while he mountain bikes, skis, snowboards, rides motorcycles, rollerblades, skateboards or anything else that would make your mom freak out. Camera, $199; chest mount, $39.
Balloon animals kit, because he's an uncle now. $16.
And, always and forever, the Icelandic beard cap, $104.

P.S. More gifts for brothers, and my favorite video of my brother...

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Gift for guys

If you want to thank a guy or send a gift to a man, but you know he's not the flowers-and-chocolate type, you can now send meat and beer! Thanks Bro is a funny new online shop that will deliver a six pack (think: Dogfish Head, Lagunitas) and fancy beef jerky. What a brilliant idea.

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My brother, the bedbug

In yesterday's gift guide, I described my brother Nick as riding a yellow motorcycle and dressing as a bedbug for Halloween. So I thought I'd share these photos from last Halloween, when he rode to work in full costume!! The feet kill me.

P.S. His girlfriend dressed up as a mattress!

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Cup-of-Jo Gift Guide Part #2: Your Hilarious Younger Brother Who Rides a Yellow Motorcycle and Dressed as a Bedbug for Halloween.

A sailboat tee, made in the U.S.A., $25. (Rad tattoo not included.)

A cheeky luggage tag for his next vacation, $26.

Astronaut ice cream for a funny childhood flashback (also, it's weirdly delicious), $3.50.

Pi ice-cube tray, $8.99.

A clever coffeetable book about New York City, as told through Legos, $10.17. (Here's a peek inside.)

Letterpress beer coasters, $10 for four, to impress his guests.

A pocket handkerchief, where he can sweetly store his phone during dinners out with his girlfriend, $15. (Bonus: It actually blocks phone service!)

A wooden tree swing for his backyard, $45. You're never too old!

And, always and forever, the Icelandic Beard Cap, $104.

xoxo

P.S. More gifts for brothers...

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Gift Guide Part #4: Your Younger Brother Who Can Ride a Unicycle and Fake a Perfect New Zealand Accent.

A perfectly engineered umbrella to withstand crazy winds, $54.

Grey sea-salt from France, since sea salt makes everything delicious, $9.

Dishtowel necktie, $44.55.

Whiskey cologne made in Maine, $68. "It is not a scent for every man," the shop warns. "This is a powerfully masculine scent." Noted.

Buttermilk pancake mix with chunks of Mo's Bacon Bar, which combines applewood smoked bacon and Alder sea salt with deep milk chocolate. (Yowza.) $12.

F U, Penguin, a book based on the hilarious blog that puts cute animals in their place, $10.20.

Blow-Up movie poster for his apartment, $16.

Shark fin salt-and-pepper shakers, $38.

Cheeky coasters to give your mom a heart attack, $9.99.

The Icelandic bearded cap from last year, since it's becoming a tradition. $104.

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