Gift Guide 2010

$10 and Under

Christmas with the Puppini Sisters
$10.99 at Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. Broadway & Park Ave.), 212-253-0810

We can’t decide if the Puppini Sisters are sultry goddesses of music sent to save us from a season of hellishly dreary hymns. This trio has reworked dusty old carols into playful, jazzy exercises of honest-to-goodness holiday cheer. Lone original composition “Step Into Christmas” could force a smile on any Scrooge’s face, even if he was being suffocated by a crush of last-minute shoppers. This is one pop-jazz holiday record actually worth a listen. Read more

Ask The Vet: Pets as Presents

Remember that neat gadget gift you got last year from your friend? I’ll bet by now it has lost it appeal and is either collecting dust on a shelf or has been re-gifted.

Imagine if that “gadget” were living, breathing and had four legs and a tail? Now what? Read more