EW ’s
gift guide 2007
We’re cooking up
something for everyone!
S ERVING V EGANS
& V EGETARIANS
W E HAVE A TERRIFIC
M EAT H EARTY M ENU
FOR N ON - VEGETARIANS
395 W. 5th, Eugene • Corner of Lawrence since 1979
(541) 342-2075 • TheKeystoneCafe.com
Open Monday-Thursday 7-2 • Friday-Saturday 7-3 • Sunday 8-3
Breakfast all day & lunch Monday-Friday @ 11.
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GRAY’S GARDEN CENTER
RING in the Holidays!
WITH
R OBIN M IX – J EWELER
Sterling
Sterling Silver
Silver & & 14K
14K Gold
Gold
DOWN TO EARTH
O NLY A T
IMAGINE GALLERY
5th Street Public Market • 2nd Level Courtyard
Local
artisan Howard
Beers makes cute, function-
al and safe bird condos (vari-
ous prices) that utilize wood
from the coast and are way
underpriced. Gray’s also carries the quirky
No/No Bird Feeder ($35.99). This
copper sunflower seed feeder is squirrel
damage resistant and dishwasher safe, flat-
tens easily for shipping and helps protect
wild birds from avian diseases with a wire
mesh design.
If you haven’t yet caught bird fever, then
some new gardening products might be a
better option. Down to Earth recently start-
ed to stock Bionic gardening gloves
($39.99), gloves that put all others to
shame. These sheepskin gloves were
GRAY’S GARDEN CENTER
designed by renowned hand surgeons and
have anatomic relief pads to help reduce
pain and fatigue as well as a sleek ergonom-
ic design. They’re a little expensive for
gloves, but as we all know, finding a well-
made product that will last long is well
worth the extra price.
For a tried and true gift, Gray’s has what
staff call the “garden bible” — Sunset’s
Western Garden Book ($34.95). It
has tips from western garden experts and a
listing of more than 8,000 plants, and it can
tell you the right plants for this climate.
Down to Earth carries several
Monopoly spinoffs; the one for green thum-
bers is called Garden-opoly ($27.50).
The game’s traditional figures have been
replaced with a garden gnome, lady bug,
garden clog, earthworm and hand trowel,
but the game company kept the original
wheelbarrow and did an upgrade on it. The
properties have names like Tulip Turnpike,
Sunflower Street and Annual Alley. A cute
addition comes from the gardening facts
and tips on the back of every deed. In addi-
tion, both stores carry garden tchochkes,
like the dragonfly tile, and useful gifts like
compostable pots.
That means all my gift giving bases
have been covered, and I even have money
and time to spare. My advice is to take your
mom seriously when she says that all she
wants for the holidays is potting soil.
Believe me, she’s not kidding.
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