Here are a few father's day consumables for the dad who has everything and wants nothing left on the shelf, or on the plate. Get him something to eat! 1. Cookies from Sweet Sally's Bakeshop (www.Sweetsallys.com). Owner Sally Minier makes homebaked cookies and sends them anywhere in the world. These are just like homemade or church bake sale, made with butter and sugar and … [Read more...] about Food gift ideas for Fathers Day
Fathers Day
Four Golf Books for Dads
For a lot of fathers, the Sunday of Father's Day means taking time to be away from the kids to play golf. This, I find, is more than a littte sad. Of all the loves I had before kids, golf was probably the hardest to give up in order to spend time with my family, but I've never mourned it enough to spend more than a few Sundays away. Six to eight hours out of a weekend was … [Read more...] about Four Golf Books for Dads
Notable Novelists Card Game experience
Imagine the scene: A warm Spring evening. Good French wine and an authentic steak-frites. Talk of Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut and Ernest Hemingway. Are we in Paris? No, I'm with my 7 and 11 year old son and daughter in a local restaurant and we're playing a new card game, Notable Novelists of the 20th Century while waiting for dessert. For a book lover who would be pleased to … [Read more...] about Notable Novelists Card Game experience
NeoCube, Nanobots and Bucky Balls: great toys for kids or for Father’s Day
My 5 year old son bought a version of these magnets "with his own money" at the SFMOMA two years ago and they were a hit at our house. Evidently, the ones we bought, Bucky Balls, weren't in any way protected and the 2011 New York Toy Fair was filled with versions of them including a major display of NanoDots. As with Lego displays, they even showed how you could create huge … [Read more...] about NeoCube, Nanobots and Bucky Balls: great toys for kids or for Father’s Day
New Icon LED flashlight
Just in time for camping season, comes the new Rogue 2 flashlight from Icon. I had not seen these ultra-cool flashlights, but imagine carrying what looks to be a light saber in your hand that emits a very strong 100 lumen beam out of just a few LEDs. I supposed it depends on your battery choice, but packaging says 72 hours of run life on one set of batteries (at low light) for … [Read more...] about New Icon LED flashlight