More tableware: heathceramics.com

Some one emailed me that heathceramics.com is a "classier" (his words) alternative to rosanna which I posted about before.
I really love the "plaza" line. I because I lived in Japan, I have gained an affinity for square plates. Another nice thing about Heath is that you can choose from various colours.

Heath has some classic qualities that ensure your dishes won't go out of "style" as quickly as Rosanna's are likely to. But this blog is for young, mostly single guys. So my advice: Rosanna when you're single, get something trendy, when you get married, register at a store that sells Heath.

Cool site for photos: thesartorialist.blogspot.com

I know it's weird for me to plug a blog that gets like 1000x more hits than mine does, but this is my favourite site and I have to tell you! The sartorliast is a blog run by one man with a photo camera that has basically blown up out of control in the last few months. The photos are not that impressive in terms of camera work, (compare the camera work to this site) but they are wildly rich in terms of substance. The site focuses on the looks, not the brands or the store where the items were bought (basically the opposite of my site).

The guy who runs the site, Scott Schuman, is not just good at picking people with good style, he explains the subtleties. Much of it isn't even expensive. Of course a lot of it is, but that's the way of fashion, isn't it?

Bedroom Products : kikidm.com

*Warning, some links NSFW*

I was looking for some new pillows because I get the feeling that its going to happen some time this month with the Taiwanese girl I met at the New Huevos show, and I stumbled upon kiki's pretty randomly via cribcandy (cribcandy is super awesome by the way). I was pretty shocked (I guess it happens easily) by the site. Kiki's is geared toward some fairly risqué items; they sell some pretty wild sex toys, sexy lingerie, and even stylish little video cameras to film the, ahem, event with. They even have some sex items, that I even don't understand: the $125 condom holder. What the fuck is that?

Well, I won't be buying any of those. First, I don't even know what a cock-ring is used for or why you'd want to spend $800 on one, and I certainly do not want you to email me to tell me. Second, I don't think girls actually want you to buy them lingerie, unless you have a pretty particular relationship. I think you'd be better off buying them jewelry, an ipod or basically any thing else you can think of unless your sure she wants lingerie. Even then, don't give it to her for Christmas or her birthday. Finally, I'm not buying a tiny camera because I wouldn't want my celebrity sex tape to blow out my burgeoning celebrity. Plus I already have one.

But I do recommend these items which are, infact, very cool, very stylish and even useful. These $25 tea sets (upper right) are pretty stylish and probably make awesome gifts. This poker set looks pretty cool, but it doesn't say how many chips it comes with and at $225 I'll stick with the chips I got free from party poker. Oddly, the poker set comes with rules for basic five card draw. Who plays that? I guess, though, if you need rules for hold 'em then you probably ought to buy a cheap set because someone is going to take your money. Invite me over!

This cashmere blanket (left, $500) seems like it'll impress her, but I think in tandem with these boudiour pillows, I'd probably look like sort of a freak. And it it turns out she likes a freak, well, I'll know where to get the whips and blindfolds.

Shaving : theshavebeverlyhills.com

The Shave has a pretty bad website in my opinion, but the goods are wonderful. The Shave sells high-end shaving creams and skin moisturizers at reasonable prices. In order to get a really great shave, you have to put some oil on your face before you put the shaving cream, this way you'll get a closer shave without the nicks and cuts. Then after you shave you need to put some moisturizer on. I recommend the pre-shave skin tonic and the almond oil skin food.

Air Travel: Kayak.com

Kayak.com is a great site that searches travel sites and airline's own booking sites for the best deal on airfare for you. This can be very convient for planning a trip, because instead of search all the sites yourself, you can search all of them from one place. Another cool feature of Kayak is it's "buzz" section where you enter your starting point and a region as a destination and search for the cheapest fare. This is useful if you want to go to, say, the Carribean but aren't picky between Barbados and Trinidad.

On caveat on air travel: the web is rarely the cheapest place to buy plane tickets, travel agents are! It's hard to believe, but travel agencies such as Fujita World that specialize in one sort of travel can often get really good deals on airfare. It's not obvious to me how they are able to do this, but roundtrip from San Francisco to Narita at $480 in August, is the best deal you can find, hundreds of dollars cheaper than united's website. So if you are planning a long overseas trip, I'd advice contacting an old fashioned agent who specializes in these sort of trips.