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Holiday Guide 2007: Gifts For The Semi-Crunchy Urban Yogi

 

Om for the Holidays



Luckily, your yogafied, health-conscious, loved one “gets it” about all things in moderation (including, sometimes, moderation).  But in L.A., the yogamatted starlets with $85 Lululemon pants are not the same as the earthy hippies peppering the beachy environs, or the crunchy-cool, eco-minded Silver Lakers. That being said, all yogis love tea. Tea, and zafus. We do not recommend the traditional holiday ham for this set, but you might like the following.


Thrify Options


Let The Sitting Bones Rise
Yogitoes mSeat
; $38  (Yogitoes)

Sooner or later, a company was going to come along and reinvent the wheel with the meditation cushion situation. Can we not get our TM on in style? We are glad it’s Santa Monica resident Susan Nichols, founder of Yogitoes Skidless Mats. Note how the bright orange color keeps your second chakra balanced (in theory, anyway).



Plastic's Not Fantastic
Klean Kanteen
; $28.95 (Klean Kanteen)

Yes, your health-minded pals also stay well hydrated. And we recently heard that the kind of
plastic used in regular water bottles ain’t so good for ya. The cool urban tribalistas in Berkeley and the Bay Area are sporting Klean Kanteens. Cause toting the big ol' Evian bottle is so 1998.



Your Cup Runneth Over
Peet's e-Cup; $4.20 (Peet's)

There are any number of teahouses and tea brands (we love Tea Forte and Zhena’s Gypsy Teas’ new Coconut Chai), but the best way to hit on that hottie you met in class? Send a Peet’s virtual eCup for a luxury tea beverage of their choosing.





Spendy Options

Live And Let Zen
Tibetan Deluxe Sound Healing Package, $265 (Bodhisattva Trading Co.)


Nothing makes mellow better than a true, antique, Tibetan Singing Bowl.  Harmonically balanced and beautifully unique in tone, each bowl is as mysterious as it is powerful.  This package also includes a richly colored, silk-brocade cushion, dual-playing mallet, instructions on parchment, a book, a deep relaxation CD, and handmade, Himalayan incense.  …Exhale.



Shop Til You Co-op

Co-opportunity Membership
; $200  (Co-opportunity)

Yes, we know it’s a grocery store, but it’s also part social hub and a much more “organic” place to do business. In a nutshell, it's like a homegrown Whole Foods for Westsiders. And as a Co-op, you buy into the actual business in return for better prices and money back each year. Buy your friend a full membership and get three gifts for yourself!



The Brain's A Muscle Too
Bodhi Tree Bookstore Gift Card; $150 (Bodhi Tree)

If you must forfeit all decency in civilized giving, the only acceptable gift card to buy is from
West Hollywood’s Bodhi Tree -- the Barnes & Noble for the spiritual set.  Follow the wafting scents of patchouli through the cottage’s extensive collection of books, crystals, jewelry, art, incense, music, body care products and workshops.  Go green! and load up that gift card wtih lots of dollars.  Bonus: The valet parking is free (if you buy a treat next door at the always tasty Urth Cafe).