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Pairs well with Dad

cindy estes

We have some fun pairings for Father’s Day - or that special person in your life

RUN FOR THE HILLS

Get him a pair of sneakers and plan a walk or run together. Check your local area to sign up for a 5k together. We love the lightweight On Cloud sneakers  https://www.on.com/en-us/


GAME ON

Get a fun game and organize a game night for your dad and friends - or for your whole family. We love Rummikub, CodeNames - and, of course, poker. You prepare the apps and drinks!
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/811/rummikub

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/178900/codenames

https://www.markandgraham.com/products/leather-poker-set/?_br_psugg_q=leather%20poker%20set

THROW SOME SHADE but the good kind

Get your dad a cool, lightweight, sun-blocking shirt for all his outdoor activities and schedule a local court for a game of tennis or pickleball This shirt has a nice feel and weight https://bloquv.com/collections/men

MIX IT UP

Become a mixologist for the day and make a fun cocktail or mocktail for Dad. Pair it with the gift of a fun tequila or coffee liqueur for an espresso martini

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

Sign up to serve with him at a local food pantry, beach clean up or get-out-the-vote effort


TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS… not that we’re calling anyone an old dog!!

Get Dad the Burlap & Barrel Chef’s Collection Spice Kit and cook with him or take a cooking class together 

BOOK IT

Find a good book and read it together - try ordering from a small bookstore. These could be of interest: 

  • Chip War: The Quest to Dominate the World’s Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller

  • The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America by Larry Tye

  • G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage

  • The Greatest Game Ever Played: The Harry Vardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf  by Mark Frost 

  • Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past (essays) by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer

  • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable Life of a 109-Year-Old Man by David Von Drehle

  • The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower by Michael Pillsbury

  • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant

  • Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia amd Francesc Miralles

  • Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese