Holiday Giving With Panache

CocoonUSA.com has developed the perfect travel pajamas. These pajamas as so light weight, so sleek, so gorgeous, that we aren’t kidding when we tell you that the pants can substitute as night-out-on-the-town slacks (of course, if you’re too chicken to double up their use from bed to glam, then you can always purchase Cocoon’s little silk dress and use it to sleep in).  No bigger than an overstuffed wallet, you’ll be muttering to yourself, "These can’t be real pajamas," while you undo the little sack they come in and, voila, sure enough out pop the best feeling full sized pajamas (men’s or women’s, to size) that have ever been put on the face of this earth.  The colors are fabulous: try raspberry, royal blue, tuareg, steel and coral for starters.  The sizes range from small to extra large.  The styles range from Full-length Sleeves and Pants to Short-Sleeves and Boxers, either with collar or without.  The fabrics are strictly oo la la.  Choose from silk to Egyptian cotton to SeaCell (a specialized antibacterial and fungicidal fiber made by combining silk and cotton with cellulose and seaweed – the same kind of seaweed used in cosmetics!).   These p.j.’s are warm when it’s cold and cool when it’s hot, and the absolute perfect gift for those who want to travel and size down to a carry-on-only traveler.  We highly recommend these, because not only are they a good invitation to travel or throw a pajama party, but your gift recipient will be hard put to ever take them off, hence, you’ll be on their mind night and day. 

Learn french the celebrity way – fast!

Michel Thomas has taught language to many celebrities and it’s easy to see why they all clamor for his attention. Forget learning the way you’ve always learned, with the avoir and être verbs, segueing into how to ask for a room with a bath. Michel’s way of teaching French is so relaxed, you’ll even catch him with a cough drop in his mouth–and boy will you learn. This is absolutely the best learning system for those of you who have become proficient in all the beginnings of French, and then found yourself stuck still not really understanding the “y’s” and “en’s” and “il faut’s”. He’ll even make future tense as easy as saying “Voila!” He also teaches Spanish, German and Italian.