American Consequences - December 2018

Don’t Give THIS The $134,000 2019 Corvette ZR1 . The most powerful production Corvette has ever made, it goes from zero to 60 in under three seconds. Give THAT A $40 Rogaine treatment . If you’ve got a man on your gift list who’s having a mid-life crisis, our advice is “Go straight to the top.”

Don’t Give THIS

clean up the crumbs from the teacakes, and take the cups and saucers back to the kitchen and wash them by hand!

A $186 Harrods tea strainer . For that kind of money, it should do more than just strain your tea – it should dress up in a French maid’s outfit, serve the tea on a silver platter, Give THAT The $39.99 Bialetti Moka Express Stovetop Coffee Maker . And to heck with tea anyway. This small, precise, and beautiful Art Deco espresso percolator was designed in the 1930s and hasn’t changed since. It works great in the kitchen, on a wood stove, or – best of all – over a campfire.

Don’t Give THIS A $1,000 budget-busting bagel at the Westin Hotel in Times Square. It is schmeared with truffle cream cheese and real gold. Give THAT A $23 bagel from Russ &

Daughters is schmeared with not only cream cheese, but sturgeon and smoked salmon – instead of your dental fillings – located on the Lower East Side of New York since 1914, 179 E. Houston Street. Don’t be a schmuck.

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