Well, hello there! REAL TALK: You have ONLY TWO weekends left before Christmas. YEAH. So, you better get that last minute holiday shopping ball rolling. And we’re here to help. Below you’ll find a hand picked, mood board inspired selection of items your friends and family would be FOOLS not to love (SIDE NOTE: FEEL FREE TO GIVE THEM MOST OF THESE YEAR ROUND, and not just when you’re obligated to), all locally purchasable here in DC (and a lot locally made, even). And-New Yorkers and Chicago peeps-99% of this is orderable too, don’t worry.
This year, we got SO MANY great things to share, that we will be running this edition of BEST GIFT GUIDE EVER in installments.
Today: To avoid going any further down gender specific zones: HOBBIES AND INTERESTS are next. EVERYONE has hobbies and interests. Check back in tomorrow for our FINAL edition – which will be very seasonal.
But also:
- Check out part 1 here: FOR THE LADIES
- Check out part 2 here: FOR THE MEN
- and our Holiday Market and Pop-Up guide 2016 edition is here.
- Cameras – Lomography
- Camera Super Hub – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Camera Piggy Bank – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Camera Bag – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Camera Lens Thermos – National Geographic Gift Shop
- Watch – Shinola
- Zippo Lighter – Shinola
- The Photographer’s Cookbook – Aperture Foundation
- Political Theatre by Mark Peterson – Steidl
- Nat Geo Instagram Book – National Geographic Gift Shop
- William Eggleston’s Guide
- Frame (for ANY picture) – Framebridge – use code BYTHoliday to get 15% off any order
- Mug – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Washington is Dead Shirt – Holy Bones @ Steadfast Supply
- Unarmed & Alive Hats – GLOSSRAGS
- Black Flask – Salt & Sundry
- David Bowie – The Last Interview – KramerBooks
- Leonard Cohen Poems- KramerBooks
- Bowie Box – GoodWood
- Candles – Salt & Sundry
- Renata Ocampo Prince Embroidery – Meeps
- Sharon Jones OST – SOM Records

Gifts for those who take their concert going and music making seriously.
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc)
APPAREL:
- Shoes – Bucketfeet
- 9:30 Club Tee – 9:30 Club
ACCESSORIES:
- Beets Don’t Kale My Vibe – Sweetgreen
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- 35 Years of the Best Music in the World – 9:30 Club
- Bob Boilen – Your Song Changed My Life – KramerBooks
MEMORABILIA:
- Merriweather Post Pavilion Stage Floor (because you can now OWN a piece of wood Bob Dylan stood on)- 9:30 Club
MUSIC & INSTRUMENTS:
- Guitar – Epiphone Olympic from Masterbilt Century Collection
- Adnan Othman – SOM Records
- Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds –Â SOM Records
- Sing Street Blu-Ray
- Green Sweater – REI
- Fire Hydrant Pin – Via Gypset
- Tie – Steadfast Supply
- Zebra shoes – Violet Boutique
- Cat Pins – Sunny Eckerle
- Elephant Necklace – Ann Taylor
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Coloring Book – National Geographic Gift Shop
- Unconditional – National Geographic Gift Shop
- Owl Card – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Cats book – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Horse Card – Miss Pixie’s
- Exotic Wrapping Paper – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
HOMEGOODS & MUSIC:
- The Quality Holiday Revue – SOM Records
- Bonnie Prince Billy Record – SOM Records
- Love Birds Coaster – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop

Gifts for those with copious amounts of D.C. pride.
Shop this look (scroll to the bottom to full shopping guide with addresses etc)
- Three Stars Two Bars T Shirt – District of Clothing
- Malcolm X Park T Shirt – Teerritory
- DC Doer T Shirt – District of Clothing
- Le District – District of Clothing
- H Street T Shirt – Teerritory
- Socks – 9:30 Club
- Key Chain – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- Coin Purse – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- DC Tote – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Neighborhood Cards – Cherry Blossom Creative
- Pink DC Card Set – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Single DC Card – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Pop-up Book – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
HOMEGOODS & DRINKS & FOOD:
- Beer – DC Brau
- Frame – Cherry Blossom Creative
- Ornament – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Jose Andres Mussels – Whole Foods
ART:
- Rock Creek Print – Teerritory
- Left Side, Right Side – REI
- Bubblegum Shoes – Bucketfeet (check out their limited art collaborations)
- Painstroke Dress – Lettie Gooch
- Balloon Dog Crayons – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Doubled Sided Pencils – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Dewali Resin Necklace – National Geographic Gift Shop – call  202-457-8220. to order
- Pencil Case – Appointed
- Polka Dot Comme de Garcons Wallet – Maketto
- Earrings – GoodWood
- Cuff – GoodWood
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Ragnar Kjartansson Book – Hirshhorn Gift Shop
- Quarter Life Poetry – Kramer Books
- Steal Like an Artist – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Notepads – Cherry Blossom Creative
- Cheer Up Fucker Card – Chez Gagne
HOMEGOODS:
- Andy Warhol Soap – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Puzzle – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Mugs – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Pencils in Cup – Appointed
ART:
- National Museum of Women in the Arts Poster – National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop
- Project Dispatch – Project Dispatch
- Pink Print – Aaron Hughes Transformer Flat Files


- Shoes – Bucketfeet
- Celestial Kids Leggings – Steadfast Supply
ACCESSORIES:
- Bow Tie Large – Tie Bar
- Sunglasses – Redeem
- Bow Tie Kids – Steadfast Supply
BOOKS & PAPER GOODS:
- Star Trek Book – National Geographic Gift Shop
- Time Traveler’s Handbook – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Monthly Planner – Appointed
- Angel Catbird Book – KramerBooks
- Mr. and Mrs. Card – Miss Pixie’s
- Franz Nicolay – The Humorless Ladies of Border Control Book – KramerBooks
- Star Talk Book – National Geographic Gift Shop
HOMEGOODS & DRINKS:
- Pillow – N.hd Studio
- Charm City Meadworks Retire by the Fire – Glen’s Garden Market
- Sill Life Dino Planter with Succulent – Lemon Bowl
- Art Set – Cherry Blossom Creative
- Gold Seed Eraser – Cherry Blossom Creative
- Geometric Figures – National Gallery of Art Gift Shop
- Wigle Gin
FULL SHOPPING GUIDE IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
- 9:30 Club Shop
- Ann Taylor – click for DC locations
- Aperture Books
- Appointed Co. – click for retailers
- BeClean – available online and also at Steadfast Supply
- Bucketfeet – 1924 8th street NW
- Cherry Blossom Creative – 2128 8th street NW
- Chez Gagne
- DC Brau
- District of Clothing
- Framebridge – use code BYTHOLIDAY
- Gibson Guitars
- Glen’s Garden Market – click for locations
- GLOSSRAGS – #GLOSSRAGS
- Goodwood – 1428 U Street NW – #GoodwoodDC
- Hirshhorn Gift Shop – 700 Independence Ave SW
- Holy Bones
- Kramerbooks – 1517 Connecticut Ave NW – #KramerBooks
- The Lemon Bowl – 3015 Georgia Ave NW (now with a holiday pop-up up front)
- Lettie Gooch – 1921 8th Street NW
- Lomography
- Maketto – 1351 H Street NE
- Meeps – 2104 18th St NW – #MeepsDC
- Miss Pixie’s – 1626 14th St NW
- National Gallery of Art Gift Shops (there’s 5 of them! 5!) – 6th and Constitution Ave NW
- National Geographic Gift Shop – 1145 17th street NW, call  202-457-8220 for orders
- National Museum of Women in the Arts Museum Shop – 1250 New York Ave NW – #NMWA
- Redeem – 1810 14th St NW – #ShopRedeem
- REI – 201 M Street NE – #UnitedOutside
- Renata Ocampo Embroidery
- Salt & Sundry – 1309 5th St NE – #SaltandSundry
- Shinola – 1631 14th St NW – #MyShinola
- Sill Life – also available at Lemon Bowl, Salt & Sundry and Urban Stems
- SOM Records –  1843 14th St NW – #SomRecordsDC
- Steadfast Supply –Â 1331 4th Street SE
- Sunny Eckerle
- Sweetgreen – click for locations and news and shopping
- Teerritory
- Tie Bar
- Transformer Flat Files – 1404 P Street NW
- Via Gypset – 2311 Calvert Street NW
- Violet Boutique – 3289 M St NW – #ShopVioletDC
- Whole Foods – also delivers!
- Wigle Distilling
THIS GUIDE WAS PRODUCED BY:
Styling and sourcing: Svetlana Legetic and Marissa Rubenstein
Photography: Jeff Martin
Styling, sourcing, and emotional assistance: Kaylee Dugan, Jenn Tisdale, Chloe Fedyna & Mikala Rempe
with many thanks to the Gibson Guitar Showroom for letting us shoot on location there and the whole BYT team for running around, grabbing things, returning things and more.