2004 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
Every year you show up with a stack of giftcards from Rite-Aid. And every year your family roasts your chestnuts for waiting until the last minute to do your shopping. This year will be different.
Guides
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Twenty Gifts That Go Easy on Your Budget
You're a generous sort, but you don't have much time (or cash). Ideas for gifts that won't leave you paying off your credit cards through July.
The 2004 Good Gift Games Guide
The last time you played a board game you got the Adam's apple caught in the funny-bone slot and then you couldn't pass GO or collect $200. These days, however, board games are a lot more enticing and fun.
Couples Showers and Late Wedding Gifts
You're asked to buy an expensive, ugly bridesmaid's dress, but aren't invited to the shower. You bought the wedding presents years ago; they're just in your closet.
RSVPs and "Best Persons"
A wedding invitation arrives without an RSVP card, and a bride wonders what to call a female "best man."
Grand Old Partying
Where’s the best party in town? Not here, apparently. After corralling an invitation to the Sunday night shindig thrown by the Bush twins, our good-intentioned correspondent learns how the other half lives and plays.
When Guests Outstay Their Welcome
If your guests are walking all over you, it may be that you look suspiciously like a doormat.
How to Walk in New York
Walk or don't walk? In New York, there is rarely a choice. The ground rules for how you should maneuver the pavement, always showing your best side under special circumstances, and what to do when sidewalk rage hits.
A Reasonable Guide to Scum Rock
Let the strippers go unpaid, let the motel rooms burn--rock's only as good as its most depraved leaders are terrible.
2003 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
Last year you did all your shopping on the drive to grandmother's house, but this year you've got a chance to make good.