TO MOM, WITH LOVE : IF YOU'RE BEREFT OF MOTHER'S DAY IDEAS, TAKE A HINT OR TWO FROM MIZ HOT TIPS, WHO HAS MORE THAN A FEW UP HER SLEEVE.Byline: Barbara De Witt Daily News Staff Writer Talk about overworked and underpaid. Mom, the superwoman su·per·wom·an n. 1. A woman who performs all the duties typically associated with several different full-time roles, such as wage earner, graduate student, mother, and wife. 2. A woman with more than human powers. , often does the greater share of the cooking, cleaning and caring for the kids. In her spare time, she remembers her in-laws' birthdays, returns rented videos, takes the dog to the vet, picks up the dry cleaning, chauffeurs junior to hockey practice, chaperones slumber parties and is always there for those stressful parent-teacher conferences. All that and the dear woman still has the time and energy to nag us about bad habits, poor grades and infrequent visits. She gets only one day a year to kick back. It's coming up. We're talking about Mother's Day, of course, the day when you're supposed to show how much you appreciate her. Let's start with a great bouquet of flowers. Roses are a year-round fave, and there are always the traditional flowers and candy with a child's handprint hand·print n. An outline or indentation left by a hand. in plaster. But you should always consider all options, and Miz Hot Tips has provided them for you: Pamper-perfect gifts Begin her day with breakfast in bed, served on a fancy tray with the Sunday paper and a freshly picked flower in a tiny vase. Instead of her usual morning cereal or toast, offer her scones or pastries from her favorite bakery, and then present her with a box of chocolates, a sexy nightie and a pair of movie tickets for the evening. Mention that you've already arranged for a baby sitter. Total ticket: About $85, including the sitter. Pedicure in a vibrating chair with whirlpool bath, $20 at JC Penney, Northridge. Real diamond tennis bracelet, $479.97 (two carats) at Best stores. Mother's Deluxe Day of Beauty with facial, massage, manicure, pedicure, scalp treatment, hair styling, makeup lesson and lunch, $290 at Georgette Georgette Mary Richards’ coworker and Ted Baxter’s wife; epitomizes gullibility. [TV: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in Terrace, II, 70] See : Gullibility Georgette Ted Baxter’s pretty, ignorant wife. Klinger Salon, Beverly Hills. Polka-dot cotton hammock, $19 at IKEA IKEA Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (Swedish home furnishings retailer founder's initials and location) in Burbank. Custom-blended perfume or a duplicate of her favorite discontinued fragrance, $50 at Who Makes Sense?, 8363 W. Third St., Los Angeles. A totally impractical, wowie-of-an-evening bag, such as Katherine Bauman's crystal pave Tweety Bird design, $1,600 at Warner Bros. Studio stores. A year of flowers, with bouquets of seasonal blooms delivered to her desk on the first of each month, $375 in Calyx calyx (kā`lĭks): see sepal. & Corolla corolla: see petal. catalog. Check local florists for other price packages. Tickets to the new production of ``An Inspector Calls An Inspector Calls is a play written in 1945 by the British dramatist J. B. Priestley. It was first performed in 1945 in two Moscow theatres as no London theatres were avalible. It was then first produced in London at the New Theatre on 1st October 1946. ,'' starring Stacy Keach at the Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . Tickets are about $25 each for a Mother's Day matinee. Three hours of body rejuvenation called ``Terra - The Earthy Cure,'' which includes a full-body mud mask and massage for $230 at Skin Spa, 17401 Ventura Blvd., Encino. Treat her to a special pre-Mother's Day (May 11) afternoon tea and fashion show at the Givenchy Hotel & Spa, 4200 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. She'll get to meet Esther Williams, the star of all those aqua musicals, see fashions and nibble dainty pastries for $20 per person. For reservations, call (619) 770-5000. Local hotels may have similar events. Fashion-savvy selections That designer handbag she's coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. for years, like a Coach drawstring style, $208 at Macy's stores or a Bally bag, $350 and up at Nordstrom. ``I Love Lucy'' limited edition wristwatch in a heart-shaped tin by Fossil, $80 at Robinsons-May stores. Scarves, like the new Echo style featuring sunglasses, $48 at major department stores. Black-patent Kelly-style handbag with retro detailing, $32 at JC Penney stores. Amaryllis-shaped crystal and silver bud vase by Oneida, $29.99 at Robinsons-May stores. Fashionable reading material such as Sandra Morris' new ``Catwalk: Inside the World of the Supermodels'' (Universe Publishing; $20) with plenty of color runway photos and bios on Cindy Crawford and others. For a more comprehensive look at the world of fashion since the beginning of the 19th century, get her Caroline Rennolds Milbank's ``New York Fashion'' (Abrams; $29.95) at bookstores everywhere. Swatch watch designed with colorful baby faces on the face and strap, $80 at Robinsons-May stores. Retro-styled two-piece red swimsuit by Karla Colletto, $125 at Bloomingdale's. A sleek contemporary silver link wristwatch by Pedre, $88, with matching bracelet, $65, Neiman Marcus catalog. DKNY DKNY Donna Karan New York cat's-eye-shaped sunglasses, $75 at Macy's stores. Wide sterling-silver cuff, $29.99 at JC Penney stores. Gilded-in-gold cat statues designed as bookends, $39 a pair at the Bombay Company stores. Some wildly impractical shoes, such as the red patent platforms by Luichiny, $164.95 at Nordstrom. Ideas for the kids Speedo's ``Officially Licensed to Kick Butt'' T-shirt, $18 at Speedo An earlier scalable font technology from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA (www.bitstream.com). Speedo fonts used the .SPD extension. See FaceLift. stores. Retro-styled train case for her makeup, $25 at JC Penney stores. Bathtub luxuries, such as body scrubs, nail brushes and bath oil, under $5 each at drug stores. Straw boater-style hat with black grosgrain gros·grain n. 1. A closely woven silk or rayon fabric with narrow horizontal ribs. 2. A ribbon made of this fabric. [French gros grain, coarse texture : gros ribbon, $10 at JC Penney. T-shirts with a spring theme, such as the burst of bright cherries on the natural-colored cotton shirt that's packaged in a small fruit crate for $18 at Mervyn's. Pink or blue gingham house slippers by Dearfoams, $16 at department stores. Rosebush in her favorite color, $4.99 at Kmart stores. Her own video of the romantic ``Don Juan'' film, $11.99 at Best Buy stores. Fancy Egyptian-style glass perfume bottles for her dresser, $11.99 each at Longs Drugs. New slips for her lingerie drawer, $7.49 at Sears stores. Bottle of her favorite nail polish, about $5 at drugstores; $15 at department stores. Two trendy new ones on the high end are Chanel's Metallic Vamp lacquer and Hard Candy's Heist and Trailer Trash pastels at Nordstrom. A song written just for Mom, arranged and recorded by P.S. I Love You in Los Angeles, (800) 725-7664. Cost is $39.95 and up. Bouquet of flowers and balloons from the supermarket, about $10. A gift bag full of her favorite treats, like Earl Grey tea Earl Grey tea is a tea blend with a distinctive flavour and aroma derived from the addition of oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant citrus fruit. , chocolate-dipped apricots and red licorice licorice (lĭk`ərĭs, –rĭsh), name for a European plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and for the sweet substance obtained from the root. sticks, under $5 each at supermarkets. Tweety Bird golf club covers, $10 each at Warner Bros. Studio Stores. Subscription to her favorite fashion magazine, about $12. A handmade coupon book for distasteful chores such as scrubbing the trash cans, cleaning the grout in the tub and weeding the flower bed. It costs nothing but time and sweat. Make-her-life easier gifts Sony Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. for her car to make sure she doesn't get lost, $3,500 (including installation) at Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories, Beverly Hills. Sharp electronic organizer for work and lunch dates, $99.99 Office Depot stores. Huffy Ride N Run bike trailer/stroller to take the kids on her morning jogs, $177.77 at Target stores. Individual wood-base hat hooks to hold her favorite hats, $18 each at Hold Everything stores and catalog. New hair dryer with anti-static feature by Conair, $24.99 at Sears stores. New black wrought-iron patio table and chairs in ivy pattern, $199.85 at Best stores. Her own Euro-styled wood/canvas beach umbrella to anchor in the sand, complete with travel case, $59 at Pottery Barn. Matching sand chair, $24. Elegant mahogany-toned letter box with letter opener and magnifying glass, $29 at the Bombay Company stores. To make her late-night TV viewing easier, get her ``Nick at Nite's Classic TV Companion'' (Fireside Books; $14), edited by Tom Hill. It's got trivia, plots and casting credits for all her rerun faves, from ``The Mary Tyler Moore This article is about the actress. For her 1970s television series, also known as "Mary Tyler Moore", see The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Mary Tyler Moore Show'' to ``Welcome Back, Kotter “Sweathog” redirects here. For the band, see Sweathog (band). Welcome Back, Kotter (sometimes shortened to Welcome Back or Kotter .'' You cook dinner and do the dishes and let her attend the new quilting quilting, form of needlework, almost always created by women, most of them anonymous, in which two layers of fabric on either side of an interlining (batting) are sewn together, usually with a pattern of back or running (quilting) stitches that hold the layers class at Pierce College in Woodland Hills so she can finally learn that American craft and make her own. The class costs $47 and begins at 7 p.m. May 15. Call (818) 719-6425 to reserve a seat for her. Her own dainty gardening tool set with a trio of tools, kidskin kid·skin n. Soft leather made from the skin of a young goat. Noun 1. kidskin - soft smooth leather from the hide of a young goat; "kid gloves" kid gloves and a cotton canvas tote, for a total of $72 at the Nature Company. A small electric fan to keep on her desk during the hot summer ahead, $8.99 at Sav-On drug stores. CAPTION(S): 7 Photos Photo: (1) Thousand Oaks mom Terri Moore gets the full p ampering treatment at the JC Penney salon in the Northridge Fashion Center Northridge Fashion Center is a large shopping mall located in Northridge, California. It opened in 1971. It was severely damaged during the Northridge Earthquake in 1994, but renovated extensively in 1995 and 1998. . While relaxing in a vibrating chair with whirlpool foot bath, Moore gets a pedicure, $20; plus a manicure, $12. The robe is from JC Penney, $19.99. John McCoy/Daily News (2--Color) Scarves are back in style, especially when worn with sunglasses. This design is by Echo, $48 at major department stores. (3--Color) Give Mom a day of leisure, starting with a comfy hammock, $19 at IKEA stores. (4) Tell Mom she's the boss with this novelty ``Officially licensed to kick butt'' T-shirt from Speedo, $18. (5--Color) She's hip, she's cool, she's Supermom in these wild red platform boots by Luichiny, $164.95 at Nordstrom stores. (6--Color) Diamonds and roses are nice, but Mom always appreciates little luxuries given with big hugs. Ideas include Daily Rituals Morning Dew body polish, $4.99; orange glycerine glycerine see glycerin. soap, $1.99; pink nail brush, 99 cents; and a boffo bof·fo Slang adj. Extremely successful; great. n. pl. bof·fos See boff1. [Alteration of boff1.] Adj. 1. buffer for her nails, 99 cents; all at Sav-On stores. (7) Ensemble by Liz Claiborne, available at local department stores including Macy's, Nordstrom and Robinson-May Tom Mendoza/Daily News |
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