Toting around your own liquor ain't easy. Flasks are just too obvious, no? And paper bags are just so, I don't know, low-rent. But this little Tin-Man-style heart flask? Discreet, and pretty. It says, I love drinking, but not so much that I ever forget to be cute! Which, you know, is really what we're all aiming for, right?
(I kid. DRINK RESPONSIBLY. Which is to say, in moderation, and out of a cute flask.)
Love Canteen, $39.95 @ Delight.com
There's a corner of a cabinet in our home filled with engraved faux silver beer steins and flasks from my dude's repeated stints as a groomsman. But sometimes a gal needs her own darn flask, and if I'm going to tote my moonshine around like Uncle Jed it had better look fiiiiine.
That's why I love this sterling silver flask. The beautiful lines of its design just beg it to be pulled out for a pull, and the size is perfect for sticking in belt loop. That's right, show this flask with pride and don't you dare put this baby in a corner.
Modern sterling silver hip flask $300 @ Tamannaa
What can I say? I have to have this. I just have to figure out how to convert dollars into Euros or pounds because I've only been able to find this OMG TOTALLY FREAKING AWESOME skull toaster (that sounds wrong, I know - toaster with skull insignia that burns skull image onto bread. Better) at sites based in the UK and Germany.
Will keep working on finding this in North America, because? MUST HAVE.
Skull Toaster, 29 EUR @ TomWet Hamburg
I don't know how you encourage the little ones to keep up with their ABC's in your household, but you might consider incorporating it into cocktail hour. Just get a hold of these ABC highball glasses - okay, fine, they're actually custom monogrammed glasses, but whatever - and that way, when drinky-time rolls around you can get your drink on while teaching the kiddies the alphabet. What letter is Mommy drinking? A! That's right! And what words start with 'A'? Aperitif! Good!
Or, you could just order these with the letters of your initials. But what fun is that? Get the whole alphabet! If you're not up for the whole drunk homeschooling thing, you could always use them for drunk Scrabble. Good times!
Crystal Monogrammed Drinking Glasses, $90.00 @ GiveSimple
Shock and amaze your friends at your next soiree with the most unexpected drink-coolers God and nature never intended: Denture-shaped Ice Cubes. Yeah, you heard me.
Don't say we never gave you some practical consumer advice, man.
Crafted from 100% genuine rubber, these trays will make you the talk of the nursing home hipster set. Because we all know hipsters love nothing more than drinking booze from a glass that looks as though it might in fact be filled with Efferdent. Enjoy!
Frozen Smiles, $8.00 each @ Urban Outfitters
These durable, 100% recycled melamine bowls from Zac Designs would be perfect for serving foodstuffs at your next cookout, or chips n' dips during a gathering of friends, doncha think?
We're down with the recycling, clearly, but flexibility of use and easy-care also top our list of requirements of housewares, and these certainly fit the bill. Plus, they have a whole line of recycled melamine dishware, including plates and cups, which would be perfect for every day use with the kidlets (if you got em', yo).
Melamine 4-Bowl Set, $29.99 @ amazon.com
Salad has never seemed whimsical enough for me, so these plant salad tongs are a GODSEND. Thank goodness someone has taken it upon themselves to make salad fun again!
The serving utensils stand upright in the pot which is used for mixing your favorite dressing. It’s a fun addition to the picnic table, countertop, or even the window sill.
Salad tongs and fun, reunited at last! And, indeed, it feels so good.
Salad Plant Salad Servers, $26.00 @ Shop Fosters
Okay, so I know that this product sends an environmentally mixed message. The eco-friendly way to take your latte is in your own mug, not in a take-away cup, even if it is made from recycled whatever and cozied in one of these cool handmade cup wrap cozie thingies. That said, sometimes you just don't remember to bring your own mug, yanno? And then you have to use one of those cardboard cup wrap things that prevents you from burning your hands, which is important, but which also contributes to waste, yadda yadda.
SO. Why not just have one of these handmade, re-usable merino wool cup cozies on hand in your bag at all times, so that whenever you forget your travel mug - which I know you always, always strive not to do - you can use it instead of the cardboard disposable one and feel good about the fact that you've at least minimized your waste a little bit.
Oh, and if it reminds you to ride your bicycle a little more often, all the better.
Cruiser Coffee Cozy, $6.00 @ Stitchella (@ Etsy) (Did you know? We luuurve Etsy)
My daughter's history with plastic cups is a bit, erm, troubled (she prefers peeing in them to drinking out of them. Cocktail tumblers are for orange juice. Kid cups are for urine samples.) But that doesn't mean that I'm not determined to persevere. I don't like my bar supplies getting all chipped on her wooden kitchen set, and besides, brightly colored plastic cups are just more appropriate for two-year olds, yanno? We get weird looks from the neighbors when we sit, the two of us, on the front steps with our ice-and-OJ-filled cocktail glasses, garnished with little stir sticks and paper umbrellas.
So, these super awesome plastic training cups with giant elephant-eared handles? PERFECT. Because, a) even with the little umbrellas, the neighbors won't peg it as containing a cocktail, and b) the child can't get it between her legs to piss in. And it looks cool, too. Win-win-win.
Dumbo Cups, $14.00 @ HipBaby
This is, I think, very possibly the most useful item ever invented: a double-walled liquor bottle that keeps liquids perfectly cold (or hot. I, as a rule, don't drink hot liquor, but that's just me.) Which, as a vodka freak aficionado, strikes me as the perfect liquor cabinet accessory.
I'm ordering this now. So that the minute I am able to get back on the drinking train (pump and dump, betches, pump and dump), I will be ready.
Double-walled bottle, $99.00 @ The MoMA Store
Here's yet another way to assuage your burgeoning Eco-Guilt (oh c'mon, I know you have it too, WE ALL DO): instead of adding YET ANOTHER cardboard coffee sleeve to the landfill the next time you grab a cuppa joe at your favorite totally non-corporate beanery (snort), slip on this reusable knitted coffee cup sleeve instead, thereby helping to keep both your teeny wittle fwingers AND the planet at a comfy temperature. You unstoppable warrior for Gaia you.
Knitted Coffee Sleeve, $18.00 @ The Curiosity Shoppe
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