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We sell two New York maps and people ask which one constantly. The answer depends on one question about the person receiving it.

We sell two New York maps and people ask which one constantly. The answer depends on one question about the person receiving it.

Every August a desk gets set up beautifully. By late September it is a laundry surface. What actually determines which way it goes.

Every August a desk gets set up beautifully. By late September it is a laundry surface. What actually determines which way it goes.

The grinder has a spot. The machine has a spot. The tamper lives face-down in wet grounds next to the drip tray, and it is the one you touch most.

The grinder has a spot. The machine has a spot. The tamper lives face-down in wet grounds next to the drip tray, and it is the one you touch most.

Going-away gifts are usually about the place they are leaving. There is a better one, and it is about the place they are going.

Going-away gifts are usually about the place they are leaving. There is a better one, and it is about the place they are going.

The worst-looking object in most rented rooms is bolted to the ceiling and belongs to the landlord. There is a way around it that is not rewiring.

The worst-looking object in most rented rooms is bolted to the ceiling and belongs to the landlord. There is a way around it that is not rewiring.

Graduation gifts are usually aimed at the job that comes next. The thing the graduate is actually feeling is about the place they are leaving.

Graduation gifts are usually aimed at the job that comes next. The thing the graduate is actually feeling is about the place they are leaving.

A hard plastic container shaped like a screwed-up paper bag. Why the trick works, why it has worked for centuries, and where it stops being funny.

A hard plastic container shaped like a screwed-up paper bag. Why the trick works, why it has worked for centuries, and where it stops being funny.

December shopping is done under time pressure, which is why so much of it is generic. The same budget spent in summer buys noticeably better gifts.

December shopping is done under time pressure, which is why so much of it is generic. The same budget spent in summer buys noticeably better gifts.

You have been invited, you want to bring something, and you are worried about getting it wrong. A short guide to the safe ground.

You have been invited, you want to bring something, and you are worried about getting it wrong. A short guide to the safe ground.