Before you know it, market stands and CSA boxes will be filling up with summer squash, and you’ll be looking for another way to grill zucchini. Here’s my favorite simple, no-cook, summer squash salad.
Gather:
Yellow squash and zucchini. Figure you’ll need one small squash per person sharing.
Baby arugula. Roughly 1/2-cup for each small squash—or however much you like, really.
Lemon. Lots. Figure one for every two people.
Olive oil for dressing.
Pecorino (or Parmesan)
Salt and pepper
Make:
Zest and juice your lemons.
Combine equal parts olive oil and fresh lemon juice with zest.
Slice your squash into delicate, thin strips. Use a vegetable peeler (or a mandoline, if you have one).
Gently toss your arugula and squash in lemon dressing. Arrange with squash visible on top.
Season generously with salt, pepper, and shaved cheese.
He’ll no doubt love anything his kids make for him, most of all. That mis-shapen clay cup with a precarious handle, that memorable hand-drawn card where everyone has necks like giraffes…
But here are some ideas for a little something extra for dad, if you’re on the hunt.
Time for some flattering, on-trend swim trunks! Two great options with a 6-1/2-inch inseam, from Venroy and JCrew.
Help him channel his inner boy scout (or, better yet, his inner Bear Grylls). Just don’t let him forget to check his Card Tool
after hearing about it on KQED. And when we were in New York, he couldn’t stop talking about The Big Oyster
.
Not ready to spend $10K on a solid gold iPhone case? Me, neither. This aluminum one seems like a smart alternative: minimal, attractive, and hard as all-get-out.
So many dads have bad backs (Aron hurt his again!). Lumo Back—and the forthcoming Lumo Lift—look intriguing.
I’m a big fan of toys as gifts for grown men. Most of the guys I know already buy themselves the things they need, so why not get something fun? I stand by the helicopter recommendation, but this might be the year for a remote-controlled boat. This racing boat
is recommended as a good entry-level (read: budget) option for the open seas, but I’d consider this one
And photo gifts are always a good idea. I like this and this from Pinhole Press. They’re offering 15% off through Father’s Day, with the code Hither15.
Finally, don’t forget to plan something fun to do together!
When I was in college, I brought in a photo of Anne Heche (in her Ellen Degeneres coupling days), and asked for a pixie-cut. Twice I went through the awkward grow-out phase, only to cut it super-short again. Aron assures me I looked lovely with short or long hair, so I’m always slightly tempted when I see someone looking super chic with a short crop. Case in point: my gorgeous friend, Rebecca. She’s managed to look stunning in at every length. I’ve asked her if she’d share more about going short and—perhaps the scariest part—going back to long. Here’s what Rebecca had to say…
My husband and I moved to NYC nearly six years ago, and within months of my arrival, I thought it’d be a genius idea to chop my chin length bob into a Katie Holmes pixie. I think most life changes end in a new hairstyle of some sort, or at least that has always been the case for me. Despite looking back at a few photos that irk me (DANG, my hair was SHORT), it was ridiculously perfect at the time. I rarely ever touched my hair and the pixie always came through. It’s impossible to mess up.
Fast forward about six months later to when my pixie high ran out. The time I gained never fixing my hair was now transferred into my face being front and center. I realized less hair equals more face and I should actually put on some makeup in a proper fashion. Makeup is not a topic that necessarily interests me, but HELLO my face is out there for all to see.
Anyway, at some point or another the pixie started wearing ME. I felt the need to wear certain things to balance out the edginess of the pixie—if that makes sense? This is getting all too philosophical for a measly haircut, but long story short, I just didn’t feel like myself.
Which leads me to a few tips on the horror of growing out a pixie.
