What’s not to
love about summer? Warm weather, weekend
getaways, sunsets and fireflies, sleeping late, the lake, the river, and the
pool, sandals and tank tops, cold drinks and dinner on the patio… I will admit
even though I love my job, summer’s end leans more toward bitter than
sweet. Today marks the last official
day of my summer; I'm marking it by sharing a list of my favorite
things I’ve discovered this summer.
Ben and Jerry’s Salted Caramel Core ice
cream
I’m not even going
to try to explain how good it is! You
have to taste it. I started the summer
by stretching one of those little pints over three or four nights. Last week, I
realized I accidentally finished the whole thing in two nights. We won’t even discuss the serving size and
calorie count… But it’s worth it!
Novels by Sarah Addison Allen
My friend,
Jackie, gets the credit for this find. I
started the summer with The Girl Who
Chased the Moon and ended it with Garden
Spells. I’ve found myself suggesting
both to friend after friend, trying to explain this unique style of mostly
realistic fiction with just a touch of magic.
The author offers a whimsical, refreshing take on easy to read, romantic
yet a little mysterious novels. I highly
recommend!
Amazon Prime Music
If you have
Amazon Prime and haven’t checked this out, you need to. It’s a new feature they added a few months
ago where you go online and add playlists, and even some albums, to your
library for free and then you can play them from your computer or phone just
like Pandora, but without the commercials.
Just a few of my playlists are, “50 Great 2000s Country Songs,” “50
Great 90’s Songs,” “Jason Mraz and More,” and “Kelly Clarkson’s Top Songs.”
It’s definitely worth checking out!
Wet ‘N Wild Emerald Pointe Season Passes
This one is
thanks to my friend, Lisa. She texted me
the day after Thanksgiving and said the waterpark had season passes for half
price on a Black Friday Deal. Sixty-four
dollars and ninety-nine cents later I was signed up for a half a dozen days of
water slides and the wave pool with her and her sweet kids. It really was a great deal, complete with
free parking and 20% off food in the park.
We’ll be watching out for another great deal this fall!
Quizzative
This one is for
my fellow nerds. This is a game by
Merriam-Webster that you can buy in the app store that quizzes you on
vocabulary words through ten increasingly difficult levels with four different
games on each level. The first two
levels are free, but I was hooked and bought the remaining levels in the car on
our way back from the beach. I was
always able to resist a single Candy Crush purchase, but the word game did me
in.
Capriz Italian Feast
Speaking of our
trip to the beach, Brent and I went to the beach by ourselves for the first
time ever this summer. We had a great time hanging by the ocean and of course,
eating out. Our favorite meal was at a place
at Broadway at the Beach called Capriz Italian Feast. It wasn’t very fancy but
it was DELICIOUS! It’s all-you-can-eat
for $20 per person. There’s an amazing
salad bar with a lot more than salad, and then the servers bring around every
Italian dish you can think of, including steak and chicken dishes. As an added bonus, the sangria is
delicious. It’s going at the top of our
must-do list for Myrtle Beach now!
Hart of Dixie
I saved this one
for last because I just discovered it, but last week I decided to pick a new
series on Netflix and came across Hart of
Dixie. It only took one episode to
hook me! Well-cast, funny yet touching,
with an endearing, sassy flair that makes me feel like I’m watching the movie Sweet Home Alabama transformed into
several dozen glorious episodes. Next
time you’re looking for a new show, it’s definitely worth a try. I’m hooked!
I’m trying to
figure out which of my new favorite things I can stretch well into fall. If you’re looking for me this week at night,
I’ll probably be laid out on the couch eating Salted Caramel Core ice cream,
watching Hart of Dixie. We all have our vices, right?
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