First Tracks is a free alarm clock app with an important difference than your standard alarm clock app. It lets you set two alarms: a regular one, and one that’ll go off if there’s fresh snow during the night. That way you can hit the slopes before everyone else—or just … Read More
If you love fishing—or know someone who loves fishing—we’ve got just the thing: the Mystery Tackle Box. It’s one of those box-of-a-month deals where you pick a plan and they send you a goody box every month; theirs starts at $15 monthly, and the price goes down the longer you’re … Read More
Want something a little more unique than the free plastic you get at the music store checkout? Check out these guitar picks fashioned from historic American coins. They’re pretty unique—there’s usually only one of any particular edition—and they’ll run you between $10 and $100, depending on the coin. Of course, … Read More
Fun fact about most cocktail cherries you’ll find at the grocery store: they aren’t cherries in any meaningful sense of the word. They’re bleached cellulose in the shape of a cherry, dyed red. Thank American Prohibition movement for ruining real cherries for years; they opposed maraschino cherries on the grounds … Read More
Need to make a cocktail wherever you go? This Manhattan Cocktail Case ($170) has space for two bottles and contains two martini glasses, one shaker, one two-sided jigger, on set of ice tongs, one strainer, two olive picks, one vermouth mister, one fork/spook stirrer, and two napkins. It has a … Read More
