JUNE 15TH, 2010
Father's Day Gift Guide Vancouver
Whether
pops is bookish, a biker or both, there’s a present (from $25 to
splurge) to show him you think he’s tops. Herewith, Vitamin Daily
Vancouver’s five fab gifts for Father’s Day.
One
good dad deserves another, so give yours fictional favourite Atticus
Finch with the new 50th anniversary edition of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird and inscribe the inside page with love. $17.82 at Chapters, www.chapter.indigo.ca
Whether he wishes he could play in the majors or is content just watching the Vancouver Canadians, a 19th-century-inspired, hand-stitched Lemon Ball baseball is an assured home run. $45 at Mr. Lee’s, 109 E. Broadway, Vancouver, 604-568-7103, www.mrleesgeneralstore.com
He
doesn’t need to be a sailor to sport a sailor shirt—Picasso, among
other greats, lived in them. Bring him aboard the renewed stripe hype
in one by National Anthem that’s made in Vancouver. $80 (in white or navy) at Inventory Stockroom, 45 Powell St., Vancouver, 604-568-5889, stockroom.inventorymagazine.com
If he refuses to ask for directions, a TomTom portable GPS navigation device with downloadable celebrity voices like Homer Simpson, Darth Vader or Knight Rider’s KITT should do the trick. $140-$280 at www.tomtom.com
Get him biking to work and reminiscing about his boyhood with a Raleigh road bike
like the “OneWay” or “Sojourn” that comes outfitted with an aged,
honey-hued leather seat. $730-$1,287 at The Bike Doctor, 137 W.
Broadway, Vancouver, 604-873-2453, www.thebikedr.com