Men's store MartinÂPatrick3's Love in Comfort is a pop-up shop and party with gift ideas for him. (5-9 p.m. Thu. 212 3rd Av. N., Mpls.) Lingerie shop Flirt Boutique's guys'-night-out event includes bourbon and beer tastings, snacks, a cigar with purchase, and bonbons from chocolatier Mademoiselle Miel. (5-8 p.m. Fri., 177 N. Snelling Av., St. Paul.)
Chowgirls Killer Catering's last-minute gift market has everything from edibles to wearables, including Lala Land candles made in upcycled liquor bottles, jewelry from Jeromeo and Marisa Martinez, Heidi Skoog's handmade fruit jams, Butterscotchie's cupcakes and irreverent cards from Muddy Mouth. (11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., 1224 NE. 2nd St., Mpls.)
Online retailer Hotrocity (www.hotrocity.com) is offering 15 to 40 percent off jewelry and women's clothing by local designers East Fourth Street, Objects & Subjects and Tessa Louise, while Faribault Woolen Mill's online shop (www.faribaultmill.com) has marked-down blankets, throws and scarves in red and pink colorways by 25 percent.
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