My buddy Dave moved to San Francisco about a year ago, and for the past six months he’s been trying to grow a curly mustache. Not a Tom Selleck ’stache, but a There Will Be Blood one. Unlike his wife, I wholly support this move, and now that I’ve discovered the Fine and Dandy webstore, I know exactly where I’ll point him if he starts asking questions on completing his look. Considering the prohibitive cost of a retail location in NYC, shopkeeper Matt Fox decided to bring his love for men’s clothing online. The product line seems quite extensive, featuring everything from bow ties to wallets. The look is definitely dapper or dandy – I’ll be honest, I think the terms are interchangeable. I particularly like their selection of hats, especially the brimmed ones which I hope to see more men wearing. Details about manufacturers or brands are sparse on the site but it seems like a great one stop shop for all your dapper/dandy needs.

The Gift: One tube of dry shave gel ($20) from Bold for Men for four lucky winners.

The Rules: Just fill out the name and e-mail fields in the COMMENTS section and we’ll randomly draw a winner. Only one entry per reader. Duplicate entries will be discarded.

The Deadline: The contest starts now and runs through midnight on 12/8.

Everyday objects should be as clever as possible. For example, why use an ordinary comb when you could use a musical comb? British design collective Out of Office (OOF) has given us plenty of examples of how to liven up your home in slight but meaningful ways. Focus now on the Cloud Sponge, a dark gray raincloud that ‘rains’ on you in the shower, subtly simulating the experience of playing in a storm. It’s cool what a little imagination can bring you.

Despite being one of Mother Nature’s most wondrous creations, human beings seem to spend a lot of time destroying her other gifts with irresponsible actions or products detrimental to the environment. It makes all too much sense that as part of the Earth, the products we use should be both beneficial to ourselves and to it. That’s the genius behind the products by Pangea Organics, our favorite eco-conscious maker of body and skincare items. Not only are their soaps and lotions lacking in harmful chemicals, but their molded fiber packaging comes with seeds embedded, so if you plant them they actually give back to the environment. This holiday season, Pangea has upped their ante as all of their holiday gift sets are lined with seeds for spruce trees. If the company achieves their sales goal 122,000 new spruce trees planted, it will be the environmental equivalent of not driving 30 million miles in one year. So your thoughtful gift of scented soap might actually end up being someone’s Christmas tree one day.