Gift Guide Part #4: Your Adventurous Younger Brother Who Planted Flowers on His Fire Escape and Taught Your Toddler How to Wink.

Rad cycling print, $20. (More sports here.)
Stuffed hamburger press, because it's slightly awesomer than it is gross. $12.95.
Manly lodge moccasins, for padding around the house, $49.50. (I have the girl's version and love them.)
A soap dish to inspire him every morning, $20.
Japanese bottle openers, $40 to $60, to impress beautiful women all his life.
High Falls class! No joke, this NYC class "preps students for the biggest adrenaline rush of their lives." After practicing on trampolines, students climb up a ladder to a platform and jump into an airbag below. Yikes!!! $75. (P.S. Course Horse is a rad website of NYC classes, including Microexpressions, Dancing and Sausages.)
Glow-in-the-dark frisbee, bocce ball, cornhole, etc. $9.40 to $75.
Saturdays tee, since it's his favorite day of the week, $40.
Laguiole pocket knife from France, $49.
GoPro HD Hero, a wearable digital camera, so he can film (in high def) his point-of-view while he mountain bikes, skis, snowboards, rides motorcycles, rollerblades, skateboards or anything else that would make your mom freak out. Camera, $199; chest mount, $39.
Balloon animals kit, because he's an uncle now. $16.
And, always and forever, the Icelandic beard cap, $104.

P.S. More gifts for brothers, and my favorite video of my brother...

Gift for guys

If you want to thank a guy or send a gift to a man, but you know he's not the flowers-and-chocolate type, you can now send meat and beer! Thanks Bro is a funny new online shop that will deliver a six pack (think: Dogfish Head, Lagunitas) and fancy beef jerky. What a brilliant idea.

My brother, the bedbug

In yesterday's gift guide, I described my brother Nick as riding a yellow motorcycle and dressing as a bedbug for Halloween. So I thought I'd share these photos from last Halloween, when he rode to work in full costume!! The feet kill me.

P.S. His girlfriend dressed up as a mattress!

Cup-of-Jo Gift Guide Part #2: Your Hilarious Younger Brother Who Rides a Yellow Motorcycle and Dressed as a Bedbug for Halloween.

A sailboat tee, made in the U.S.A., $25. (Rad tattoo not included.)

A cheeky luggage tag for his next vacation, $11.25. (Update: Sadly, this sold out!)

Astronaut ice cream for a funny childhood flashback (also, it's weirdly delicious), $3.50.

Pi ice-cube tray, $8.99.

A clever coffeetable book about New York City, as told through Legos, $10.17. (Here's a peek inside.)

Letterpress beer coasters, $10 for four, to impress his guests.

A pocket handkerchief, where he can sweetly store his phone during dinners out with his girlfriend, $15. (Bonus: It actually blocks phone service!)

A wooden tree swing for his backyard, $45. You're never too old!

And, always and forever, the Icelandic Beard Cap, $104.

xoxo

P.S. More gifts for brothers...

Gift Guide Part #4: Your Younger Brother Who Can Ride a Unicycle and Fake a Perfect New Zealand Accent.

A perfectly engineered umbrella to withstand crazy winds, $54.

Grey sea-salt from France, since sea salt makes everything delicious, $9.

Dishtowel necktie, $44.55.

Whiskey cologne made in Maine, $68. "It is not a scent for every man," the shop warns. "This is a powerfully masculine scent." Noted.

Buttermilk pancake mix with chunks of Mo's Bacon Bar, which combines applewood smoked bacon and Alder sea salt with deep milk chocolate. (Yowza.) $12.

F U, Penguin, a book based on the hilarious blog that puts cute animals in their place, $10.20.

Blow-Up movie poster for his apartment, $16.

Shark fin salt-and-pepper shakers, $38.

Cheeky coasters to give your mom a heart attack, $9.99.

The Icelandic bearded cap from last year, since it's becoming a tradition. $104.

Cup-of-Jo Gift Guide Part #2: Your Awesome Brother Who Brings You Flowers When You're Sad, Knows Every Riddle and Talks a Lot About Motorcycles.

An awesome red helmet (plus a big-sisterly nag to drive safely), $150.

A critter kite, $4.

A slinky. They're also fun for grown-ups. (Stairs, etc.) $8.

Rad glasses, since girls like bookish types, $30.

A handy kit for making your own pinhole camera. 22 pounds.

Natural salve for dry hands. The best part? They're churned by bicycles! $7.

A cheeky rope tie clip, $60.

A rubber stamp, so he can write awesome thank-you notes (and love notes) on regular old computer paper. $9.

The Competition Bicycle: A Photographic History, $31.

A house plant that he can put anywhere, since it doesn't need soil, $20.

Swedish summer soap, $4. Fresh, clean and not-girly.

The Icelandic bearded cap from last year, cause it bears repeating. $104.