My first thought was to cook you and your husband up two of the best dry aged porterhouse steaks $100 can buy, with some asparagus and potatoes.
But you might be vegetarian. Can’t risk that.
So maybe a track day out at Buttonwillow with my buddies.
A date? A wine tasting event at TheWinehouse (Scotch, if she’s game.) But there is no one special right now, so probably a couple of In-n-out double-doubles animal style & fries, and a $92 bottle of Cabernet.
Alt – a Father’s Office burger with a new friend, sitting at the bar watching a Padres game, and drinking as many alternating Arrogant Bastard and Racer 5 ales (she drinks beer) as we could stand. And then walking back to my place and having loud, giggly, sloppy, howling monkey-fuck sex such that the neighbors are doing facepalms – in the afternoon.
Alt-2 – bicycle ride with my crew up to Santa Barbara (via Ojai) and buy everyone’s train ticket back. (Conveniently, they have Stone Brewery beer on the train.) Or down to San Diego and train back. Up to the group. San Diego has the considerable advantage of having a Pizza Port next to a train station. Double pepperoni, double cheese, bacon bits (on top – not under cheese) – best pizza ever made.
Alt 3 – a gift card from CPK – used exclusively for their key lime pies
Alt 4 – 4 cases of Arrogant Bastard (cases have 6 22oz bomber bottles)
Alt 5 – a bottle of Distillers Edition Lagavulin (1993 if they have it, or 1991)