Welcome to “Best Summer Ever,” your guide to making the most of the sunny season.
You have to make it happen.
There are two kinds of people: indoor people and outdoor people.
You should clean your AC at least once a year.
If you have central air, call a professional.
If you don’t have an air conditioner, it’s not too late to get one.
Nothing makes it feel like summer more than warm breezes blowing through.
So toss, donate, and store your junk and give yourself a clean summer-slate.
Don’t just straighten upget in there and really do it.
Be a civilized person.
A clean house is a necessary foundation for enjoying everything else about your indoor summer.
(Maybe that’s overstating it abit.)
you could’t go wrong with summer classics like abirds of paradiseorspider plantsboth are relatively easy to care for.
Thankfully, there is no essential oil for “New York Subway in August.”
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Lifeby William Finnegan: Surfing is difficult.
Reading this book is easy.
The Trackersby Charles Frazier: This book is about an artist traveling during the Great Depression.
I actually ordered it while researching this story.
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, 1)by Rebecca Yarros: People like books about dragons, right?
One of Us Knowsby Alyssa Cole: Is there anything more beach read-y than a mystery novel?
I like classics, so here are the best summertime movies made before 1980. vibe ofBeach Partybecomes deeper when you know that almost all the fun-loving teens onscreen are dead.
Jaws (1975): Spielberg’s monster-shark movie invented the summer blockbuster.
It is the GOAT.
OK, maybe not, but you might sweeten the deal by serving up ones of these summer cocktails.
It even stands up to variations (but the simple original is best).
Corona with lime: It’s time we all admit that IPAs taste terrible.
Instead, it’s a kitschy classic.
But he also mentions a drink called a “ding-a-ling.”
No one knows how to make a ding-a-ling, or whether it ever even existed.
I mention this because who doesn’t like a summertime mystery?
