7 days to go! Every year people panic to find the perfect gift. We at T2C have been collecting idea’s all year long to bring you the perfect gift guide at all price levels. When you’re at the end of your rope trying to find the perfect Christmas present this year, come to this guide for some great suggestions.

Want to give the gift of goddess-level glow and next-gen tech this season? Meet the Aurora Eclipse Glucose Smart Ring—your new favorite finger candy with a cosmic IQ. This ultra-sleek wearable isn’t just a statement piece—it’s a wellness oracle disguised as jewelry. We’re talking real-time glucose tracking (yes, without needles), blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, sleep scores, and even your emotional mood swings, all elegantly read through one tiny, powerful band.

Think of it as your body’s BFF in a ring—discreet, stunning, and smarter than your ex. It tracks HRV, menstrual cycles, stress levels, and more—giving you a complete, AI-powered health dashboard right on your phone. It’s perfect for anyone who’s spiritually tuned in, data-curious, or just done with clunky tech that kills the vibe.

For $199.99 you can be your own wellness biohacking health counselor and kep your life on track. This ring is the gift that whispers, “I see your frequency—and I’m raising it.”

8 days to go! Every year people panic to find the perfect gift. We at T2C have been collecting idea’s all year long to bring you the perfect gift guide at all price levels. When you’re at the end of your rope trying to find the perfect Christmas present this year, come to this guide for some great suggestions.

There is a sound that remembers you. A tone that vibrates with the exact frequency of your becoming. It’s not always audible—but when it is, something in you exhales, softens, realigns. This is the sound of your soul. One of the most sacred gifts you can give—to yourself or another—is a crystal singing bowl tuned to that frequency.

Sound is not just vibration—it is memory. The cells of your body are encoded with harmonics from before this lifetime. Trauma distorts those frequencies. So does grief, programming, betrayal, and silence. But resonance—true resonance—can restore what was lost.

A crystal singing bowl, especially one made of pure quartz and tuned to a specific chakra or solfeggio tone, acts like a tuning fork for your energy field. It doesn’t force healing—it reminds you of your own signature.

When played, it reweaves the fractured frequencies. It calls you home.

There are many ways to discover your resonant tone. Some choose based on: astrological sun/moon sign correspondence (e.g., C note for Capricorn root energy). Chakra alignment (e.g., F note for heart, G for throat, A for third eye). Numerological life path or soul number or Intuitive pull—you hear it and feel tears form, or your body lean forward

Crystal bowls differ from metal ones in their purity and clarity. Made from 99.99% quartz, they amplify intention and respond to touch like light to a prism. Many healers believe quartz bowls are the most effective for energetic clearing and DNA-level recalibration.

Some bowls are now infused with minerals—rose quartz for love, amethyst for intuition, gold for sovereignty, selenitefor clarity. You can also customize your bowl with an engraving, a mantra, or even light language sigils.

You can find these bowls here: crystaltones.com, silentmind.com, buddhanature.com, thealchemistskitchen.com and templesounds.com

If you want a quick, traceable option, Amazon has bowls in specific notes and sizes — great for gifts, travel, or first‑time players.
Just search:
“Crystal Singing Bowl C note”
“Amethyst infused singing bowl”
“Quartz sound healing bowl 7‑inch”

Tips for Choosing Your Bowl

By Note / Frequency

C or D — grounding, root

F or G — heart / throat

A or B — third eye / crown
Choose based on where you feel pulled energetically.

By Material

Pure quartz — clearest resonance

Infused (e.g., amethyst, rose quartz) — specific energetic qualities

By Size

Smaller (6–8″): lighter, intimate sound

Medium (8–10″): balanced

Larger (10–12″+ or bowlsets): deep, expansive vibration

How to Use It

• Start with silence. Let the room and your body listen before sound begins.

• Set your intention. Healing, clarity, remembrance, truth.

• Play with breath. Let your hand and breath move together. You’re not just making sound; you’re opening space.

• Speak your name to the bowl. Let it answer you.

• Let the bowl close the portal when it’s ready. The fading resonance is just as powerful as the strike.

This is not just a holiday gift. It’s a soul retrieval tool. It’s a healing companion. It’s a memory trigger. It’s something sacred disguised as simple.

Whether you’re walking through grief, awakening, or stepping into your next timeline—this is a way to carry sound with you. To remember the note you were always meant to sing.

13 days to go! Every year people panic to find the perfect gift. We at T2C have been collecting idea’s all year long to bring you the perfect gift guide at all price levels. When you’re at the end of your rope trying to find the perfect Christmas present this year, come to this guide for some great suggestions.

Want to give the ultimate “I see you, I love you, take care of your gorgeous, magical body” gift this Christmas? Skip the socks. Forget the bath bombs. This year, give them a home apothecary in book form—because nothing is more thoughtful than sovereignty.

The Forgotten Home Apothecary by Dr. Nicole Apelian isn’t just a natural remedies book. It’s a 250-remedy spellbook disguised as a practical health guide, perfect for anyone who’s ready to stop Googling symptoms and start listening to their body. This lush, full-color book spans 288 pages of pure herbal seduction. With every flip, you’re stepping into a time before pharmacies—back when your grandmother knew how to make a salve that could stop back pain in its tracks and your great-grandfather grew his own mental clarity elixir in the backyard.

Dr. Apelian is the real deal—an herbalist with over 30 years of hands-on healing and personal experience managing her own MS symptoms using plant medicine. She’s giving you her most time-tested, soul-rooted formulas in a book you’ll want to keep within arm’s reach for the rest of your life.

Version 1.0.0

Inside, you’ll find a natural brain-booster on page 129 that sharpens focus, enhances memory, and adds a sparkle to your mental clarity—perfect for slicing through the post-holiday fog. On page 220, she shares the exact three mushroom tinctures she used to get back on her feet. They’re powerful, immune-boosting, and deeply nourishing for body and mind. Page 175 features Grandma’s Hot Salve, a remedy that nearly vanished from history—this one’s for tight backs, tense shoulders, and…well, let’s just say passionate overuse of certain muscles. Flip to page 147 and you’ll meet your new bedtime ritual: an herbal sleep aid that tucks you in with botanicals instead of side effects.

And just when you think you’ve seen it all, page 82 reveals the best natural probiotic you can make at home—and the surprising truth about pouring honey over cinnamon (spoiler: it’s both sensual and immune-smart). Every page is easy to navigate, with photos, measurements, and instructions that are both practical and beautiful. Whether you’re brand new to plant medicine or a seasoned potion-maker, this book becomes your apothecary—one you can hold in your hands.

So yes, this is the perfect gift for your nature-loving girlfriend, your wise aunt, your curious teen, or your own fierce, freedom-craving self. The Forgotten Home Apothecary doesn’t just teach you how to heal. It reminds you that healing has always lived in your hands. That’s not just wellness. That’s hot.

We found this on Amazon for $37.oo

This holiday, skip the throwaway gifts. Give the one they’ll come back to again and again. Give them the power to stir, blend, sip, and soothe like the wise ones before us. Because true magic isn’t a mystery—it’s a well-labeled jar of tincture on page 220.

There is hope; there is kindness and there is generosity and they were all in evidence at the Red Bucket Follies on the stage of the New Amsterdam Theater.

Forever Plaid returned to the NY stage for the night.

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has been welcoming the holiday season with this wonderful fund raiser for 25 years. This is a celebration of the generosity of the Broadway community which very much includes the theater goers who happily fill the red buckets that greet them after shows in October and November.

These collections are a safety net for members of the theater community not only here in New York but for all actors, stagehands, front of house personnel and others throughout the country that live the very precarious lives in this industry. It seems media only focuses on the multimillion dollar salaries of big movie stars but they neglect to mention that an Off Broadway dancer could be out of work for weeks due to a twisted ankle not covered by medical insurance or the early closing of a Broadway show could cause an ensemble actor to make that difficult choice between rent and breakfast.

These shows that took place on December 8 and 9 is the performers way of paying back to some of those donors that contributed to the cause and they were a joyful event. The opening number, Now More Than Ever, can mean both the need for humor and magic in the world as seen through the Broadway musical but also the need for hope and generosity for those in need. Dancers and singers used the three ghosts of A Christmas Carol to depict the past, present and future of America’s great artform.

What can be stranger than the stranger Things cast doing Oklahome

Throughout the day performers from almost a dozen Broadway and Off Broadway shows showed their talents – talents that are not necessarily shown on the stages where they perform 8 shows a week. (Who would have expected the cast of the scifi themed drama Stranger Things to perform an updated version of Oklahoma?) Cast members of Mamma Mia danced to the song I Will Survive which in this case had more meaning than any that  may have been performed at this year’s Kennedy Center honors. Hamilton also showed off some impressive dance moves but Leggybones Physical Theater for Dancers Responding to AIDS was a duet with physical movements that amazed the audience.

Christopher Seibert sings We Look to You.

Solo numbers included Chris Seibert singing a tune from one of his over a dozen Broadway shows, The Prom, We Look to You, which had a special meaning for all the donors to Broadway Cares.

Christine Pedi ALWAYS entertains with something new

Kurt Elling of Hadestown did an entertaining version of Doodlin’ and Broadway audience favorite, Christine Pedi wowed with a Mamma Mia medley in the style of Kander and Ebb via Liza.

Seth Rudetsky always does a great job hosting

Sirius XM radio Broadway expert, Seth Rudesky, emceed with ease, wit and charm that made transitions fun and entertaining. One of those transitions was a nostalgic appearance from the cast of Forever Plaid who sang the names of all the fundraising shows that were not performing.

Jessica Hecht reminded us of why there is Broadway Cares and why it is still needed

Both Jessica Hecht and Kecia Lewis reminded us why the Red Bucket Follies is so important not only to the theater community but to charitable organizations throughout the country and Puerto Rico. It is important to remember that Broadway Cares was created almost forty years in the midst of the AIDS epidemic – a disease that decimated a generation of artists and performers. Even though the epidemic is no longer front page news, over a million Americans are currently suffering from AIDS and HIV. That is only a fraction of those inflicted with the disease worldwide. A friend of mine is working for an NGO in Nairobi and she informed me that due to the lack of funding from USAID HIV is on the rise in Africa. To literally add insult to injury, the administration that cut that funding failed to recognized World Aids Day on December 1, a day of remembrance acknowledged since 1988.

Keicia Lewis told us where the money goes.

But Broadway Cares has become a supporter of a myriad of charitable organizations including food banks, health clinics and shelters, in New York alone it helped 111 organizations. Nationwide BC/EFA awarded 483 grants totaling $9.5 million.

Zaynn Arora and Eric Williams Win for Waiting for Godot

Speaking of awards, the Follies gave out some different kinds of awards at the end of the December 9^th show. Two talented young performers, Zaynn Arora and Eric Williams, from the current production of Waiting for Godot rightfully won best number of the Follies. Their delivery of one of the best lines of the day and their singing were not 6 7, respectively, but a perfect 10!

Awards were also given to the top money raising shows: Hamilton (Broadway musical), Godot (Broadway play), Prince Faggot (Off Broadway play or musical) and Wicked-Munchkinland (National Tour).

Past, present and future we need Broadway musicals and Broadway Cares

The total amount raised for this giving season was a record breaking $7,344,304. This is amazing and hopefully shows that in times of need people do reach a little deeper to give, There is still time to give so check out the Broadway Cares website to round off any of your yearend contribution numbers. And in case you didn’t know this year you can deduct donations on your US taxes even if you don’t itemize so that’s even more a reason to give. Go to www.broadwaycares.org

16 days to go! Every year people panic to find the perfect gift. We at T2C have been collecting idea’s all year long to bring you the perfect gift guide at all price levels. When you’re at the end of your rope trying to find the perfect Christmas present this year, come to this guide for some great suggestions.

There are Christmas gifts you give because you have to. Then there are gifts that whisper, “I want you to feel good—really good.” These are that kind of gift. Introducing the Herbal Concepts Aromatherapy Boot-Shaped Microwaveable Wraps — sexy in all the right ways, even if they never make it to the bedroom.

Infused with organic flaxseed, cooling peppermint, and warming spearmint, these bootie wraps wrap your feet in a spa-level fantasy, transforming tired soles into a sensual ritual of release, relief, and restoration. Whether you’re coming home from a long day, nursing sore arches after a night in heels, or just craving something that loves you back, these wraps deliver a little foot fetish of their own—no judgment.

Microwave them for a deep, herbal heat that melts away stiffness, aches, and post-party inflammation. Chill them for a cooling compression that soothes swelling and reboots circulation. And thanks to their US-patented design, every inch of fabric hugs, holds, and heals you in the most delicious way possible. These aren’t just warmers—they’re weighted lovers for your feet, filled with a dozen aromatic herbs (like lavender, chamomile, and a kiss of eucalyptus) to send you floating off into peppermint-scented bliss.

But don’t let the function fool you—these booties know fashion, too. The modern charcoal fabric is plush, breathable, and luxe enough to leave on when the guests arrive. They feel like velvet but act like a therapist. Plus, at just $19.97 on Amazon, they’re the rare kind of indulgence that doesn’t require a guilt trip—or a gift receipt.

Tired feet? Solved. Plantar fasciitis? Soothed. Emotional breakdown on Christmas Eve? Silenced—at least for 30 minutes.

So this year, ditch the socks and candles. Give the gift of total foot seduction. Give them something warm, herbal, handmade, and secretly kind of hot.

Trust us—Santa would wear these under his boots. (Probably with nothing else.)