Ellen's gift guide - continued again

I am always making an effort to try and not buy things with Amazon but I redoubled my efforts once I saw the $500 million boat. Imagine what someone with a soul could do with $500 million? Here are some fun places to do mail order gifts: I also like Harry & David because I love pears and cheese.

Li-lac Chocolates - Manhattan’s oldest chocolatier

Zabar’s - This is a place to get food on the Upper Best, sorry, I mean Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, which is where your girl here grew up. I can close my eyes and smell it right now, walking from the cheese section, turning right, heading towards all the prepared foods down where the strudels and the knishes are…and then if go upstairs, you'll find every possible cooking apparatus known to man. I have spent many hours here.

I know this isn’t new information, but I like talking about New York. Sue me.

Speaking of NYC, Nobody Told Me is almost six years old I think? Such a great bar on the Upper West Side, and the jerk wings…oh man. I guess some people might call it Morningside Heights? Or something else, I dunno.

Here is the ATM that stole $20 from me on Avenue A a couple weeks ago. Are we surprised?

Ellen's annual holiday gift guide - part 1

Ok everyone relax. I know you've been waiting for this for quite a while and I've been a little slow this year but here we go you still have some time to order everything that you need. The first day of Hanukkah is also the same day as Christmas this year so let's go.

Here is a gift for all the young ladies out there, but also, perhaps everyone should have some in their bathroom closet because the stuff has a long shelf life and we are entering into the woods. The darkening skies and the clouds are up head, so who knows. Perhaps your niece or your friend's daughter or your next-door neighbors might need this just order some OK because they might make it illegal.

Wisp - emergency contraceptives

Julia Bo - ethically sourced shoes made in Ukraine, Poland and Spain

Sunglass Museum - NOS glasses

Lisa Gozlan