Southern Sass: Here's How You'll Serve Coffee and Book Hotel Rooms Now

1.20.2016

Here's How You'll Serve Coffee and Book Hotel Rooms Now

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01/20/16

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PERK ALERT

Someone Famous Signed These Posters

Your Perks: 1) Big-box-office-hit posters (Jurassic World, Mad Max, The Hangover) autographed by big-box-office-hit stars. 2) Volcano-grown flowers for that one holiday in February. No, not Presidents’ Day. 3) A box filled with romantically charged items for the bedroom. Or the living room. Or the dining room. Or the...




411:	Signed movie posters; flowers from Bouqs Company; spa box from Fantasy Box

ROOM FOR CHANGE

Booking Hotel Rooms Just Got Way Better

Then: You booked a hotel a few weeks before your trip. The price dropped, unexpectedly. You were filled with a curious mixture of sadness and rage.
Now: You book a hotel and send Rebookey the details. They track your reservation. The price drops, unexpectedly, and they let you know as much. They rebook said hotel, for free. You exchange a couple of emoji high fives.




411:	Rebookey, online now

TO BE FRANC

Evaluating James Franco, Who Has Now Gone Full Morrissey

As is the natural order of celebrity fame, no one ever wants to stay in the same field forever. Singers want to act. Actors want to direct. James Franco wants to act, teach, model, write and lead in a Morrissey-inspired rock band. Now, about that last one...

SHOT IN THE DARK

This Shot Glass Appears to Have a Bullet in It

Not-You: What’s that, there, in your shot glass?
You: Oh, this? This is a shot glass embedded with a real bullet.
You (cont.): That’s what this is.




411:	BenShot, $15, available now

SUN CHASERS

Hope All This Is in Your Sundance Suitcase

Well, the Sundance Film Festival finally kicks off tomorrow. Which leaves you just enough time to throw some sh*t in a suitcase and be on your way. Best make it as close to this stuff as possible...

BEAN MACHINE

A Coffee Set to End All Others

Ask yourself one question: “Do I serve coffee in an unnecessarily attractive, Tom Dixon–designed copper coffee set?” Ask that question, and then proceed accordingly.

THE TELL-SALE HEART

Some Winter-Forward Sales, Right Here

Sid Mashburn: Coming in hot with a solid 50% off sale items.
Best Made Co.: Also doing a 50%-off-all-winter-items thing. It’s a good thing.
Unionmade: Falls just short with 40% off end-of-season stuff. You appreciate their effort.