Browse these web sites for hotel comfort gifts for home. High-end linens make a fine second anniversary gift. (Cotton is the traditional anniversary gift.)

• Hilton to Home
• Hyatt at Home
• Shop Marriott
• Omni Hotels at Home
• The Ritz-Carlton Shops
• W Hotels: The Store
• Distinctly Waldorf (The Waldorf=Astoria)
• Westin at Home (also Nordstrom, pictured above)
• Wyndham at Home

That’s a great customer follow-up use of social media. Gazelle’s prompt response made me think about other sites I frequent. How many of my favorite retailers are using Twitter? And when did they start posting tweets? I compiled the table below using Twitter’s “Find People” search and MyTweet16, which lists a Twitter user’s first 16 tweets.

Retailers Using Twitter

Of the 40 retailers above, grocery chain Trader Joe’s use of Twitter impressed me the most. Nearly all of Trader Joe’s posts are simply retweets of customer talking about TJ’s food and beverages on Twitter. (Jargon alert: Retweets repeat someone else’s message on Twitter — crediting the author — to help spread the message to others. Often abbreviated as RT, it’s word of mouth, Twitter-style.)

Finally, as I’m writing this post, Gazelle sent me another Twitter reply. This time, Gazelle thanked me for my tweet and offered me a 5% bump in value on my next Gazelle gadget trade-in.

• Nicholas Sparks’ new novel The Lucky One from Amazon.com
• A giant gourmet fortune cookie drizzled in chocolate from Good Fortunes
• A set of four bronze-beaded placemats and bronze-beaded coasters from Z Gallerie Home Furnishings
• Handmade mixing bowl in rustic yellow from Little Bit of Bybee pottery
• A 37-inch Samsung LCD High-definition TV from Amazon.com (ordered before we knew about Amazon dropping its post-order price policy guarantee)
• A dozen fall-colored roses delivered to work in a pottery vase

Monday’s child is fair of face.
Tuesday’s child is full of grace.
Wednesday’s child is full of woe.
Thursday’s child has far to go.
Friday’s child is loving and giving.
Saturday’s child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

Wednesday’s kid — that’s me, by the way — sure has it rough. So the artist changed “full of woe” to “full of laughter” on the plaques. You’ll find boy and girl versions in 6-by-8-inch ($29) and 9-by-9-inch ($50) sizes.

We ordered a 9-by-9-inch “Monday’s Girl” plaque from HaveABath.com and received outstanding customer service. The owner, Carol Vanacore, helped me expedite shipping and called to make sure the gift was received on time. My sister-in-law loved the plaque and recognized the rhyme immediately.

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