To 16:01-- are you as snarky in person as you are online??

flowers

Just wine (or beer for more casual, or good liquor from a friend who knows our drinking habits). We host regularly. I don't want flowers - too much effort, not necessarily my style or color scheme, etc. I don't want a box of chocolates. Certainly I don't want you to bring dessert because I spent an hour that day making a pie from scratch. I will drink your wine either that night or in the next couple weeks, or If I don't like it, I can easily regift it.

I have a drawer in our house fliled with junk that people bring - candles, cheese knives, merry xmas dishcloths, whatever else. My friends only want wine so I can never properly regift it. I throw it all out every year or so.

I seriously don't want anything other than wine.

Anonymous wrote:A writer? I would get a notepad with "From the desk of Sarah" and a nice cross pen for her desk.

That would seriously make me think you had a girl crush on me.

The olive oil thing is good, but a really nice bottle of wine is always welcome and not pervy.

A writer? I would get a notepad with "From the desk of Sarah" and a nice cross pen for her desk.

You could do a soap set from someplace like Williams Sonoma. But wine is always appreciated!!

Just hosted a large holiday party and the best gifts we received were gourmet olive oil, vinegar and a really nice candle.

booze or artisan bakery goods like pie or quiche

Gin.

Booze.

Paper whites are a good gift this time of year. (It's a plant)

Something that doesn't take any effort on her part to receive it. Nothing that has to be unwrapped right away. Nothing that has to go in a vase, or on a platter or stored somewhere in the crowded fridge. Chocolates, good olive oil and balsamic, or something she uses for her hobbies like spices maybe?

Wine. It's not boring. Barring that, a small bouquet of flowers or small plant.

I get mothers macaroons in Arlington, or some chocolate or flowers.

Wine seems so boring. Any other ideas? Impressive woman who writes for a major paper. What to bring to her house for a gift?