Toronto Life – December 2018

120 toronto life December 2018

photographs: derozan and lowry by

getty images

Mushroom

lamp

$ 22 / Nostalgic

Nintendo gamers

will appreciate

this glowing

Super Mario

night light

as much as their

kids do. Amazon.ca.

Modernist dollhouse

$ 74 / Between Sharp Objects

and Hereditary, 2018 was the

year of the dollhouse. Petit Pet

House’s diorama lacks the

fear factor but has just as

much detail: you can outfit it

with tiny iPads and peewee

Perrier bottles. Etsy.com.

Snow globe

$ 28 / Forget Ace the Blue

Jay—the trash raccoon is

Toronto’s undisputed mascot.

Spacing Store, 401 Richmond

St. W., 416-644-1017.

Tamagotchi

$ 20 / The chirpy digital

pet—and bane of ’90s parents

everywhere—has been re -

released for its 20th anniver-

sary, ready to be loved, fed

and inevitably killed all over

again. Mastermind Toys,

1133 Yonge St., 416-922-2872.

Duchess doll

$ 180 / Meghan Markle’s royal

wedding look is meticulously

reconstructed in miniature:

the Givenchy gown in satin

with scalloped lace, jewellery,

and a tiara encrusted

with Swarovski crystals.

Bradfordexchange.ca.

Ice skates

$ 365 / Aspiring Tessa

Virtues will be pretty

in pink in Moxi’s stylish

suede blades. Moxiskates.com.

Fancy rolling

papers

$26 for two /

Handcrafted from

edible 24-karat

gold, Shine’s weed

wrappers are

worthy of Snoop

Dogg himself.

Weedbox.io.

for theFun Seeker

Tennis racquet

$ 270 / Serena Williams has

slammed her way to 72 titles

using Wilson’s Blade 104

racquets, made with powerful

shock-absorbing technology.

Merchant of Tennis,

1621 Bayview Ave.,

416-932-2396.

Raptors print

$ 21 / Basketball BFFs

DeMar DeRozan and

Kyle Lowry now play for

different teams, but they’ll

be together forever in

Toronto artist LeeAndra

Cianci’s wistful print.

Society6.com.

gift guide / 2018

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