For instance, if anyone on your list is an aspiring artist, you could give a set of good artist's pencils or try a pocket sized pencil drawing kit.
When dining in a restaurant between shows, he often lifts from his jacket pocket a pencil and pad and begins to draw facial portraits of the people he sees surrounding him, including the servers who carry plates to and from his table.
And with my act, I am pocketing my pencil and notepad, incorporating my three favorite components -- music, writing and travel -- with the hopes of inching toward a pipe dream of my own.
Handmade by Old World artisans in Florence, the stylish bags have colorful signature stripes of dyed buffalo hide and handy details, like an outside envelope for boarding pass and passport, shoe compartments with air holes (that also allow you to hear your cellphone ringing), handles with hidden pockets for pencils or business cards and buckles that lock to foil pickpockets.
"It's got a pencil pocket right here," she said, pointing to the spot.
The reporter fumbled in his pockets for a pencil and paper.
Grant readily agreed and, as Lee searched his pockets for a pencil, a Union officer offered his.
In a telephone interview, Teller explained how a magician might get rid of a card palmed in his right hand, by quickly searching his pockets for a pencil.
"I pat both pockets, find a pencil, reach out and hand it to someone, and the whole act becomes incidental; if the audience is made to read intention — getting the pencil, in this case — then that action disappears, and no one remembers you put your hand in your pocket," the magician said.
The brand created the first overalls with pencil pockets for farmers that contained spots for both full-length and short pencils; Lee also created jackets for cowboys with slanted pockets to match the angle of their arms on horseback and introduced the zipper fly to jeans (for which most of us today are grateful).
