Home Archive

“Maybe You Touched Your Genitals” Liquid Hand Soap - So there we were in Las Vegas, waiting for a Cirque de Soleil show. What do you do in a casino when you don’t gamble and you’re with a gang of

A brilliant light, a smart plug… and Alexa - My mother turned 102, and it was finally time for her not to live in her apartment with only caregivers for company, so we found an excellent assisted living complex

Anthelios Sunscreen with Mexoryl - When our daughter was too young for school and we worked at home, travel meant Paris. These trips were free-form, but they all had the same ending --- we stocked

Bamboo Stacking Bowls - Because the readers of HeadButler.com are apparently considered to be an elite audience --- educated, successful, rich --- and because I apparently program this site for people who can read

Bed Tents - The adult-in-training spent the last few years in her room. This is not news. The unseen teen is a staple in American homes. Our is an extreme case --- she

Bobble Water Bottles - The heat index on our vacation destination --- an island three miles long, a half-mile wide --- topped out at 107 degrees. We had a house overlooking the Atlantic, and

Bonsai Birch Tree Table Light - Hard as it is for me to believe, I was a guest at a Sunday Lunch. Really, I’d forgotten they existed. Or that there was any daytime activity that might

Brita XL Water Dispenser and Filter - If you live in New York or Los Angeles --- really, if you live anywhere there are Audis and lattes and gyms with personal trainers --- you know it is

Cambodian Market Bags - Plastic bags in landfills take as long as 1,000 years to degrade. The answer isn't to get your groceries or small packages in paper bags. It's to use

Canvas Boat/Shopping Bags - Before the pandemic, my city levied a charge for each bag you needed for your groceries. That went away. For a month or two. Now plastic bags have been outlawed

ChicWrap Plastic Wrap Dispenser - READER COMMENT: Has Jesse never been to Costco? [Jesse: Yes.] Even at Amazon you can buy 3,000 square feet of the Kirkland plastic wrap in a cardboard version of the

Cordless LED Table Lamp - I was inspired by a rhapsodic New York Times article about “The Lamp That’s Taking Over New York” to review the rechargeable Pina Pro Table Lamp. Some of you wrote

Dead Fred, Splat Stan, Dead Mark, Hanging Harry - Amazon, you'll be amused to hear, categorizes these products under Home Improvement. Let me commend the Dead Fred Pen Holder. But don’t overlook the Splat Stan Coaster. And for book lovers, the Dead

Diptyque candles - READER REVIEW: "What's the very best gift? Simple. A candle. Many hours of joy and serenity, a universal source of delight, sets a tone for not just your home, but

End-Grain Chopping Block - Why would you buy a wooden cutting board too heavy to lug to the sink for cleaning when you could, for much less, get a plastic board you can easily

Etekcity WiFi Smart Plug, Energy Monitoring Wireless Mini Remote Control Outlet with Timer - My brother and I moved our 102-year-old mother into Assisted Living and bought her a brilliant tower lamp that, with a smart plug, could be controlled by Alexa. It turns out

FARM/HOUSE - A friend said that if things don’t get better, we should get our hands on some real estate and live together, for the same reason so many people describe college

Hamilton Beach Single Serve Coffee Maker - READER REVIEW: 'I never meant to use K-Cups. I knew they were awful, but I got hooked on the convenience. Then along came my beloved Head Butler with the solution.

iKlear: Apple’s cleaning solution for iPhones, iPads, iMacs - When I worked at AOL, the insider wisdom was: Don’t be an early adopter. We love them, but early adopters are guinea pigs. Stay one version behind. Not that

Jack LaLanne’s Stainless-Steel Power Juicer - I read a New York Times article about Khalil Rafati, founder of SunLife Organics in Malibu. The guy impressed me --- a former drug dealer who deliberately overdosed on heroin