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Electric Wine Opener

I got an electric wine bottle opener for my birthday and it's life-changing. I highly recommend it as a gift for those with joint pain/mobility issues. It takes only a grip on the bottle plus a little...

An Ode to Chinese Tea Tables, Part I

I've had some complaints about where we'll even store the new tea table I got, so instead I'm going to post pics of all my Chinese gongfu tea ceremony tables I've collected (I have another on the way...

Hendricks Tea Service: Delightfully Extra

Small joys: I ordered the Hendricks Gin teacup martini glasses and they're adorable, ridiculous, and actually clever: the porcelain keeps your martini cold longer, and the handle gives you somewhere t...

2020: Roast Beast for a New Year

A little roast beast as a first meal of the year. I finally had something to cook in this beautiful mega casket I picked up a few months ago - some portioned turkey. The roaster is ridiculous and bare...