Friday, December 12, 2008

Happy early birthday, D!

What do you get for an adorable road biking architect who loves weird graphic design and Mexican wrestling?

A Topo Ranch tee shirt with a flying gopher, naturally.

The most awesome coffee table book ever. Seriously. You must see the photographs.

A bicycle crankset tee shirt from Etsy seller rattrappress.


An incredibly useful reference book. I've finally learned that when buying books for architects, you need to look for drawings, floor plans, and ideally, section diagrams.

Plus, the ever awesome happy hour at the Border Grill to celebrate.

18 comments:

  1. it's all about the section diagrams.

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  2. well done! it sounds like you rounded up a perfect selection of thoughtful, fun gifts.

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  3. I love all these gifts...it can be hard to find truly thoughtful presents...thanks for the inspiration (I need it for Christmas!!).

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  4. A good choice of gifts especially starting off the celebration with an happy hour! Have a joyful weekend!
    Rachel- will you be baking his cake?

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  5. Joyce, I'm lucky because his choice dessert is key lime pie, which is about the easiest thing in the world to make. He'll be getting a belated birthday dessert because we're pretty booked this weekend.

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  6. what - nothing hand crafted, nothing baked by you nor sewn nor stitched, I am shocked, I mean I am not saying that I don' t love the gifts - but you are such a crafty one.

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  7. I love your choices - especially those tee-shirts - I'm going to bookmark them.

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  8. i will check out History of Love. ive read tons of girle chic lit books but im open to anything

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  9. great selection of gifts!!! My husband would love all of those things! He is 35 and just walked in a few hrs from skateboarding at the skate ramp with a bunch of 18 yr old kids. What am I to do. I swear I have 4 kids! :)

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  10. I think you hit it spot on...I love stealing ideas for Mr. French from my blogging friends...the flying gopher is perfect! xo

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  11. What fella doesn't want a flying gopher tee?

    These are great finds---the bike tee is awesome too. hope you're having a terrific weekend!

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  12. You my friend have won the blog love award on my post today! Congrats to you!

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  13. love your picks....i have a road biking husband, too.....i like the different take on a bike t! i'm headed to check it out now!

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  14. Love the tee shirts! Esp. the flying gopher. May order it for ME!

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  15. So true about the books. Pretty pictures just don't cut it (as pretty as they are). I wish magazines would print out the floorplans with their pictures; I find it really helps with visualizing the proportions of the space.
    Nice choices btw

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