Being from the South, my momma said "you never go to someone's house empty handed. I would take a bottle of wine and leave it at that. Anything else would be to "personal" and it's not like you see them all the time.
If it's a woman then I sometimes will take a little potted flower arrangement that you pick up at the grocery store.
M:47 M:18 D16, S19 1st S 1/08-5/08 Reconciled/May 7, 2008 Left again Nov 9, 2009 I Filed: Nov 17, 2009 Final: April 14, 2010 EX walked away from kids too