☀️🍉 Send me your best summer traditions/rituals/activities! I don't love heat so I'm not naturally inclined to be a summer person, but I think it is a potentially fun/festive season and feel that some more summer-y activities could really enhance my enjoyment. It doesn't have to be extravagant or anything. My current favorite is probably swimming at the community pool.😎🍅

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Sophia Lucchesi · Answer

Going to the Ice Cream Parlor: Summer is the best time to hit up a local scoop shop and enjoy a cone when it’s hot outside. Yeah, you can always pick up a pint at the grocery store, but there’s nothing better than walking into an icy-cold ice cream parlor, peering at the flavors, and smelling fresh cones.

Noelle · Answer

Watch the Perseid meteor shower: The Perseid meteor shower is so magical and it happens every year! It generally peaks Aug 11-13 and there are so many shooting stars, it’s outrageous. Perfect time to go camping or get yourself away from city lights.

Sophie Consults · Answer

Lemongrass Cucumber Cocktails : Name a more refreshing duo, I'll wait!

They serve a really good NA version at my neighborhood bar The Airliner in LA. I always add a shot of vodka.

Minna Kelly · Answer

Read a Very Long Book (VLB): This has so many benefits! You get a companion for a few months that might turn out to be a life-long friend; you can track the passage of time with satisfying bits of incremental progress; you can brag about it later; you'll always remember it as "the summer I read [insert VLB here]". Middlemarch, Lonesome Dove, The Magic Mountain, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, Dune, The Guns of August, whatever! Long live the VLB.

Leslie · Answer

keeping a box of sheet masks in the fridge: my peak summer self is a clean face and cold sheet mask, laying in bed with the AC on after a day out in the sun.

and yes, i do bring it with me on vacation to do the same thing

Lou · Answer

cold brew pitcher: It is remarkably easy to make cold brew at home. Always having a pitcher of it in my house lets me know Summer is here.

E Noll · Answer

Pearson Farm Peaches: I order a box of Pearson’s every year to arrive in late June / early July - it’s one of my signs that summer is here! These are the best 🍑

Janet Wallace · Answer

Root Beer Floats on the Patio: Put the kids on the porch with a a tub of vanilla ice cream, a two liter of root beer, and some plastic cups.

Lida Richardson · Answer

coffee at home AND outside: @Laura Wright's post reminded me of the power of stoop coffee. You don't need a backyard. Even better if you're listening to @Dylan's new playlist.

MRP · Answer

Tomato Sandwich: Making a tomato sandwich to eat outside while drinking an ice cold drink (arnold palmer or bubly lime for me)!

Mo · Answer

Sit by the water: I'm not a big fan of heat, but it's hard not to love summer sat next to a body of water with a book or a podcast. As a bonus bodies of water help cool the temperature.

Emily · Answer

Find the best farmers market in your town and go BUCK WILD on summer produce: Corn! Peaches! Raspberries! Melon! Tomatoes! Cherries! The summer truly giveth and my favorite summery thing to do is to plan a huge feast around its bounty.