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June 30, 2008
Guyville Guy's Personalized Leather Caddy
We'll probably be sorry for this later, but we let our (unofficial) team mascot in the gifts for guys department go crazy! Guyville Guy, (we don't employ him, he's just a really really good customer) went crazy and put together his very own gifts for men video, this month touting our Personalized Leather Caddy. Guyville Guy is crazy, he's funny, and he sounds a tad bit like Christopher Walken...actually he sounds like a hybrid Christopher Walken with some Woody Allen sprinkled in when he gets excited.
We look forward to more of your stuff Guy. Thanks for putting this one up. Oh, yeah, and when you're done watching the video, feel free to peruse some cool, personalized gifts for men at our Guyville Store.
June 28, 2008
You Can Afford a Celebrity Car
After reading a recent top-ten list on celebrity cars we can all afford, I decided to blog on it. Guys love cars. I'm no exception to that rule. I also found myself in some disagreement as to what they consider a "celebrity car." I personally don't find the Ford F150 full size pick up truck a high profile ride. Though I know there are umpteen ways to trick it out with rims, faring, lowering kits, etc. Still, not a show stopper in my book. They were right on the money with the Toyota Prius, however. Sure, it's a cheap car to make, but the technology is topical, and important, and hell, Larry David made the car a co-star on his TV series, so the cool factor runs high with the hybrid that gets nearly 50 miles per gallon.
One of the cars that I know is a possible "celebrity ride" drives me nuts, and that's the Chrysler 300 Series. It's like the engineers at Chrysler said, "Hey, let's make a car that sort of looks like a cheap-o version of a Bentley and we'll confuse everyone! Plus we'll make it for under $42k fully loaded! We're brilliant!" Well, you don't fool me. I smell that jalopy coming from a 1/4 mile away. Try taking that hunk out on the slalom and see how it does. Can you tell, I'm not a big fan?
Well, as a gifts for men site, you guessed it, we also have a recommendation for ya in our personalized guy gifts store to go with your celebrity ride. We love this Personalized Supple Leather CD Case to keep his CD's scratch free and awesome...like his car. For more great gifts for men ideas, please visit our Guyville Store.
June 24, 2008
What Guys Should Eat
About two years ago I blogged that my cholesterol was 250. The good cholesterol wasn't good enough to keep my doctor from pushing me hard to go on Lipitor. At only 37 years old there was no way in hell that was going to fly. I told her I'd change. I told her I'd lose weight, I promised the moon and the stars. Basically she nodded and said, "Let me spell it out for you...you're the guy who gains five to ten pounds each year, until you hit about 260 or so when you're fifty one years-old, and then BAM! Lights out. You have a massive coronary, and you don't make it. I see it all day long." Sobering words to be sure. I began a running (some might call it jogging, or yogging) campaign which I'm still on, but I've really been paying attention to my diet of late. I went completely meat (and fish) free for about 3 weeks, but alas, I felt weak, anemic and tired all the time.
I've heard so many great things about a wheat free and gluten free diet, that I've been able to manage it for...(don't laugh), about 4 days now. I'm getting some sage advice from The Guy Diet Blog and I've been treating myself to a lot of organic foods of late. The truth is, that going meat free was so difficult, that this seems tame by comparison. I am really cutting down my red meat intake too. Let's face it, it ain't the greatest for the ole ticker, and I'm also cutting my sugar intake down by about 80%. This guy gift blogger has lots of gifts for men ideas, and a new store that needs constant supervision so I can keep the personalization machine moving on...I don't have time to suffer any "lights out" bouts anytime soon. Until next blog...see you soon.
June 23, 2008
George Carlin Has a New Venue
The big Daddy of comedy has a new venue - he's making 'em laugh in heaven. He'll be joining George Burns and Sam Kinison for a 9pm set at the Comedy Store in the sky later on tonight. We'll all be morose in the coming months and years, but we'll be thankful for the 14 HBO specials, the 23 comedy albums, 3 books, the TV shows and, of course, we'll be nostalgic whenever we catch "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" on DVD.
Carlin broke all the rules with the 7 dirty words, even going to jail for a bit before being exonerated by a judge who smartly remembered why the first amendment is the first amendment. We'll miss you, George. Hell we already do and you just did a gig last weekend in Vegas. It all seems unfair and surreal to think that we'll never hear any new stuff coming from your gravely and perfect voice. All we can say is, "be excellent to each other and...party on dude!" Meanwhile we'll do what we always do here at Guyville and drown our sorrows in some retail therapy.
June 22, 2008
"The Rules" of Purchasing Gifts for Men
Yes, there are rules for buying gifts for men, and thankfully it's far easier to buy gifts for him than buying gifts for her. We'd also like to toss in a few gift buying "don'ts" for him as well. Plus we're going to save you a few bucks in the process.
Don't buy him a boat. Remember the old adage, "The happiest day of your life is the day you buy your boat. Your second happiest day is the day you sold it." DO buy him Personalized Brass Luggage Tags so he'll be sure not to lose his bags when visiting his best friend who has a boat.
Don't buy him a golf cart! He'll be tempted to, "see what this baby can do" as he takes it blazing at 9 miles per hour down the freeway. Do buy him a Personalized Nappa Leather Golf Accessory Bag. First of all, it's really plush and great looking, second, it will give the illusion that he actually knows what he's doing out there on the course.
Don't buy him a Rolex watch. Sure they're cool, but you'll have to leverage your first born to get into one of them. Do, however, buy him a Personalized Leather Watch Case. He's probably gonna buy the watch for himself anyway, at least now it will be properly taken care of.
If you need more great gifts for him ideas, please visit our Guyville Store, where everything is personalized just for him.
June 18, 2008
Why Guys Love Leather
I could try to give you some interesting psychological reason why guys love leather and why rawhide makes great gifts for men, but why bore you with facts? The truth is there is something about a good fitting leather jacket that makes us happy. The plush leather seats of a new car that puts us on that proverbial cloud nine, which by the way, is why men generally keep their cars clean - we're trying to preserve that smell indefinitely if we can. So we've decided against getting into the specifics of the whys and focus on the even more interesting, what to do about its.
Well, being that we're a gifts for guys store, we're going to simply tell you which personalized leather guy gifts to get him. How about that? The Personalized Leather Ipod Nano Holder is a guy gift favorite, and we can understand why. It's well designed, great looking...and well, leather!
Staying in the music family, and a perfect gift for the guy that's old school, we really like the Personalized Leather CD holder. Away with those nasty, black plastic and nylon holders. Just because he's fighting the iTunes and digital music revolution doesn't mean he has to look bad doing it.
Lastly, we really like the Personalized Leather 5 Watch Box. It seems silly to spend so much money on a watch and just toss it all over the dresser like it's loose change. We know buying gifts for him is difficult, and we're here to help. If you want some other great and original ideas, please visit our brand new, Guyville Store.
June 17, 2008
Lakers vs Celts - Game 6 Tonight
We need to do some things before tonight's epic battle between the Lakers and Celtics game 6. First of all, we need to take a big deep breath. Let's face it, nobody wants this to end tonight...well, except maybe the fans in Boston. Even they might secretly be rooting for game seven battle royale. This has brought back so many great memories of past match-ups, that we want to make sure we are amply prepared. Ladies, if he isn't armed with these important armchair quarterback guy gifts, then something is wrong, and don't worry, we most certainly can rectify the problem for you. First of all, he'll need his Gold Rimmed Sports Mug...and make it personalized. It'll serve as a proper container for either his beer...or his hot toddy.
Next, he's going to need his Rawlings Mini Baseball Bat, because when his team chokes in the fourth quarter he's going to need something to break over his knee, and the big bats really smart when he does that.
Finally, we'll need to supply another on the gifts for men list that he'll need, and that is the personalized Irish Pub Sign. Let's face it...there's no way in heck these Lakers pull off winning two in a row in the Garden, whoops...my bad, history got the best of me there...I meant to say in the Bank North Garden. For more great gifts for him ideas, please visit our Guyville personalized guy gifts store.
June 16, 2008
Woods Wins US Open!
That's 14 major wins for Tiger Woods and counting. At the ripe old age of 32, Tiger is a mere 4 wins away from tying the greatest feat in golf history...beating Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major victories. Guyville would like to wish a speedy knee recovery for Tiger, because...well, we love him, but equally as important, watching the PGA Tour on Sunday without him in the field really blows.
So in the spirit of golf, we want to recommend some gifts for men that Eldrick himself would be proud to own, and Rocco Mediate would have found useful out there with a Tiger chasing him down. The Personalized Blade Putter is a great throwback to when the first US Open was played 108 years ago.
The personalized Leather Golf Accessory Bag is a fantastic gift for those golfer guys who insist on having everything close, handy and available to fudge the score at a moments notice.
Lastly we always want to make sure we commemorate his greatness by honoring him with this fabulous Personalized Golf Academy Sign. Mediocrity is in the eye of the beholder we always say. So enjoy these unique suggestions for guy gifts, and if you want a plethora of other ideas, please stop by our Guyville Store.
June 10, 2008
Golf Gifts For Dad
Father's Day is right around the corner now, but it's not too late to grab some fantastic, personalized gifts for him. As much as we love lists, we're going to share our top three favorite golfing gifts for Dad to make your one stop shopping for guy gifts easier this time around.
Golfing gift number 1: The Personalized Mallet Putter. Not only is this putter incredibly beautiful when it's displayed, but it will be a conversation piece for those who enjoy it every time they see it.
Golfing gift number 2: Personalized Golf Balls. Not only is this great fun for him when he tees off, but he'll love showing his opponents that they've just accepted an 18 hole bet against, "The Masher" or "Mr. Longshot" or, well, you get the point.
Lastly on this list, we would like to recommend the Personalized Golf Ball Coasters. This is a win win for both the golfer and his missus. Perhaps now, with these fancy coasters, he'll actually use them to protect your table for a change.
For many other fantastic gifts for men, please visit our Guyville Store. You won't be sorry.
June 3, 2008
FATHER'S DAY NEARLY UPON US
Number 5 on our list: The Personalized Leather iPod Nano Holder It's sexy, sleek and personalized!
Number 4 on our list: Our Personalized Travel Cooler. Ice and beer never looked cooler.
Number 3 on the list: The Personalized Leather Watch Box. Why do we let him toss those expensive watches all over the counter, or bury them in the drawer? Those days are over.
Number 2 on the list: It is baseball season after all - protecting the table never looked as cool as these personalized, leather Home Plate Coasters
And now the moment you've all been waiting for...Number 1 on our guy gifts list for Father's Day is...
Our very own, extremely sturdy and high quality, Personalized Poker Set. Let's face it, poker hasn't just made a comeback, it's here to stay. He'll love this gift, and you'll be the big hero this year for Father's Day gifting!
June 1, 2008
PRO BASEBALL PLAYER TRADED FOR BATS
Now we've heard it all! A minor league pitcher was actually traded from the Calgary Vipers to the Laredo Broncos for 10 baseball bats! You've heard us correctly. For a mere $650, John Odom, affectionately called, "Batman" by his peers, was traded. It's not like Odom was a total bum either. Sure he is a bit on the old side, about 5 years past the prime time that the scouts of the big show look for, but Odom also hums a fastball around 93 miles per hour. Seems like a talent like that would be worth more than a few sticks of maple. Even if it's really really great maple! For a guy like John, who takes it all in stride, we recommend another guy gift, and baseball fan necessity - these awesome Personalized Rawlings Baseball Bats. John, we've got a bat for ya, and we're going to put the name "BATMAN" on it so you'll always remember that you own the last laugh. Oh, and we'll be looking for you to be the closer for the Dodgers in the next year or two.
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