Giving any guy a gift is a hard decision in itself. Especially if that guy happens to be your father. So if your scrambling for last-minute gift ideas, here are some suggestions Preen editors would want (or have already gotten) for their dads.
Better get going!
Bea Ledesma
Publisher
Dad’s Personality: Anal-Retentive Dad
Father’s Day Gift: Super Notes iPhone app that merges recorder and notepad in one. It has the ability to store photos and text, color code voice recordings and file content by category—works for life and business. Plus, it’s free. You can gift it to your dad for zero dollars.
Why: For the dad who feels the need to micro-manage everything, the app records dictation and can notarize every minute, trivial detail he feels the need to share—so you don’t have to. Happy Father’s Day? More like Happy Daughter’s Day.
Super Notes. Available at the Apple store website.
Ria Prieto
Editor at large
Dad’s Personality: Sporty Casual Dad
Father’s Day Gift: A set of tennis balls
Why: ‘Cause he plays tennis twice a week so he always needs them. Plus, it’s good for his health to stay active.
Dunlop tennis balls. Available at Toby’s Sports, G/F Shangri-La Plaza EDSA Cor. Shaw Blvd., Wack Wack, Mandaluyong City
Cai Subijano
Managing editor
Dad’s Personality: The Retired Corporate Executive
Father’s Day Gift: Beechwood Acca Kappa hair brush
Why: My dad worked in the insurance industry and frequently traveled for work. Whenever he was abroad, he liked to shop and window shop, but was never the type to frequently splurge on himself. Pre-Internet days, this was how he developed an appreciation for well-made things. When my mom mentioned that he needed a new hair brush, I knew I couldn’t buy just any old brush—I had to buy the best one I could find locally.
Acca Kappa makes a wide range of hair brushes made with nylon to boar bristles. The model I chose would make it easy for him to style his hair with rounded bristles that would be gentle on his scalp.
Acca Kappa. Available at Rustan’s Department Store, G/F Shangri-La Plaza EDSA Cor. Shaw Blvd., Wack Wack, Mandaluyong City. For more information, visit their website.
Randz Manucom
Associate managing editor
Dad’s Personality: Low-maintenance Kind of Guy
Father’s Day Gift: Time
Why: With the busy schedule at work, sometimes family time gets compromised. For Father’s Day, and being cheap-o aside, I’ll drop everything and give him the weekend he deserves. Sometimes that’s all they need!
Chryssa Celestino
Features editor
Dad’s Personality: Stoic Dad
Father’s Day Gift: A white French bulldog that will melt those hardened feelings
Why: My dad tries to be the toughest out of my family. And that means not showing emotions when he needs it. I want to tell him that it’s okay to break down, laugh and go crazy sometimes, and nobody will ever judge him for not being a man. A dog, after all, is a man’s best friend. This time, it needs to be his.
French Bulldogs. Tiendesitas, Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Ave, Pasig, Metro Manila
Meg Manzano
Contributing editor
Dad’s Personality: Classic Prep
Father’s Day Gift: Peter Luger steak
Why: We’re both huge steak lovers. I’ll treat him steak at Peter Luger in New York…but that’s if he treats both of us to a plane ticket.
Peter Luger. For more information, visit their website.
Olivia Estrada
Editorial assistant
Dad’s Personality: Man of the World
Father’s Day Gift: James Bond’s car that doubles as a submarine (I wish!)
Why: Because, to me, he can do everything and anything!
Art by Dorothy Guya