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Making a List: Gifts for Grownups
Aired December 13, 2002 - 11:48 ET
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LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Right about now, you're supposed to be making your list and checking it twice. Whether you've been naughty or nice, gift suggestions just for you, and just for you, I mean adults just for you. Here with some sensible shopping ideas for the adults on your list is gift-giving expert Robin Spizman, who is back with us after a great, great little segment the other day.
This time around, I see you brought back a couple things we couldn't get to last time. You're saying, these are great gifts for adults.
ROBIN SPIZMAN: Absolutely, grownup gifts. This one's hot chocolate from Vo's (ph) Chocolate, which makes oak-chew (ph) chocolate, chocolate in a pocketbook. There are gourmet truffles, Leon, and they are infused with spices, absolutely delicious and out of this world, right from Chicago, Vo's (ph) Chocolate, you want to check it out, and they have an online presence as well, and of course these chocolates are very special. You travel the world with the flavors.
HARRIS: But a pocket book for guys, I don't think so.
SPIZMAN: Not for guys, but you got the gift for girls.
HARRIS: The guys might like the other one.
SPIZMAN: The guys are going to love. This is flyingnoodle.com, and they send dinner to your door, pasta dinners, a few in a picnic basket, around $50 plus shipping and handling. What's so nice is whether you're health conscious or on a diet, the flying noodle has dinner ready for you in a minute's notice.
HARRIS: I like that. As they say, the way to a guy's heart right through there, in that basket.
SPIZMAN: There you go.
HARRIS: How about the picture frame? What's that all about?
SPIZMAN: This is wonderful. We've captured, I call this three dog knights, because these are three pets, photowow.com is a company online, you send your image and they will create what's called a pop portrait. You see the photograph and you see now the portrait. The prices start around $50, and go all the way up to $500, depending upon your size, and they can also do this online so it's instant, but you want to order now because they are getting busy.
HARRIS: That's actually looks pretty good. What do you have next?
SPIZMAN: We have bankofamerica.com/giftcard is a prepaid gift card and this is really great, because you can have it personalized with your name and your message, and then it's good at 25,000,000 places.
HARRIS: A certain amount of cash, or?
SPIZMAN: For $25 all the way up to if I want to splurge, $600, and it's a prepaid gift card, and gift cards are very hot this year.
HARRIS: Splurge on with your bad self.
SPIZMAN: Sharper image, I thought of you.
HARRIS: I love sharper image.
SPIZMAN: It's a great place, and of course, the fog free shower mirror in the morning. You know, the mirror steams up. For $39.95, a great choice. But the other hot item for grownups are DVD players.
HARRIS: That's right.
SPIZMAN: And that is it. So for around $299 from Sharper Image, we have a Panasonic DVD player, as well as...
HARRIS: It's a portable one.
SPIZMAN: Yes, it's a portable, which gadgets are getting smaller; they're on the go for on the go people, but the idea here is to teach someone how to use these gadgets, always a good idea.
HARRIS: We're going to have to leave it there. We've got to go to break right now, but I like this because the price is getting smaller, too. Those things used to be, like, $600, $700.
SPIZMAN: That's right, and I'll be back next wee, so we'll just continue.
HARRIS: Good deal. Maybe we'll get some more of these in. Appreciate it. Nice jacket there.
SPIZMAN: Thank you.
HARRIS: Check her out the stylish one.
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Aired December 13, 2002 - 11:48 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Right about now, you're supposed to be making your list and checking it twice. Whether you've been naughty or nice, gift suggestions just for you, and just for you, I mean adults just for you. Here with some sensible shopping ideas for the adults on your list is gift-giving expert Robin Spizman, who is back with us after a great, great little segment the other day.
This time around, I see you brought back a couple things we couldn't get to last time. You're saying, these are great gifts for adults.
ROBIN SPIZMAN: Absolutely, grownup gifts. This one's hot chocolate from Vo's (ph) Chocolate, which makes oak-chew (ph) chocolate, chocolate in a pocketbook. There are gourmet truffles, Leon, and they are infused with spices, absolutely delicious and out of this world, right from Chicago, Vo's (ph) Chocolate, you want to check it out, and they have an online presence as well, and of course these chocolates are very special. You travel the world with the flavors.
HARRIS: But a pocket book for guys, I don't think so.
SPIZMAN: Not for guys, but you got the gift for girls.
HARRIS: The guys might like the other one.
SPIZMAN: The guys are going to love. This is flyingnoodle.com, and they send dinner to your door, pasta dinners, a few in a picnic basket, around $50 plus shipping and handling. What's so nice is whether you're health conscious or on a diet, the flying noodle has dinner ready for you in a minute's notice.
HARRIS: I like that. As they say, the way to a guy's heart right through there, in that basket.
SPIZMAN: There you go.
HARRIS: How about the picture frame? What's that all about?
SPIZMAN: This is wonderful. We've captured, I call this three dog knights, because these are three pets, photowow.com is a company online, you send your image and they will create what's called a pop portrait. You see the photograph and you see now the portrait. The prices start around $50, and go all the way up to $500, depending upon your size, and they can also do this online so it's instant, but you want to order now because they are getting busy.
HARRIS: That's actually looks pretty good. What do you have next?
SPIZMAN: We have bankofamerica.com/giftcard is a prepaid gift card and this is really great, because you can have it personalized with your name and your message, and then it's good at 25,000,000 places.
HARRIS: A certain amount of cash, or?
SPIZMAN: For $25 all the way up to if I want to splurge, $600, and it's a prepaid gift card, and gift cards are very hot this year.
HARRIS: Splurge on with your bad self.
SPIZMAN: Sharper image, I thought of you.
HARRIS: I love sharper image.
SPIZMAN: It's a great place, and of course, the fog free shower mirror in the morning. You know, the mirror steams up. For $39.95, a great choice. But the other hot item for grownups are DVD players.
HARRIS: That's right.
SPIZMAN: And that is it. So for around $299 from Sharper Image, we have a Panasonic DVD player, as well as...
HARRIS: It's a portable one.
SPIZMAN: Yes, it's a portable, which gadgets are getting smaller; they're on the go for on the go people, but the idea here is to teach someone how to use these gadgets, always a good idea.
HARRIS: We're going to have to leave it there. We've got to go to break right now, but I like this because the price is getting smaller, too. Those things used to be, like, $600, $700.
SPIZMAN: That's right, and I'll be back next wee, so we'll just continue.
HARRIS: Good deal. Maybe we'll get some more of these in. Appreciate it. Nice jacket there.
SPIZMAN: Thank you.
HARRIS: Check her out the stylish one.
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