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I really, really, really miss summer vacation. I wish that someone had told me that adulthood meant most of my summers would be spent sitting behind a desk. At least then I could maybe have found time to start a petition for change. Nowadays if I find myself with more than a week of free time it’s because I’m unemployed and I then I’m stressed about paying rent, health insurance, and buying dog food. Why can’t I just go to summer camp instead?
I think that it’s time you planned a barbecue. Or a picnic. Anything that involves the outdoors, friends and good food. Seriously, it’s almost June, things are starting to warm up and we all have a three day weekend coming so now is the perfect time. And btw – there is NEVER a bad time to have a barbecue. Or a picnic.
Here’s the way to make things really easy on yourself: invite all of your really awesome friends. That will pretty much guarantee a good time no matter what. Then, you should ask all of these awesome friends to cook something to bring to this fabulous shin-dig. If you’re a little skeptical about not making everything yourself, here are the reasons why having everyone cook is a good idea:
A) It’s less work for you
B) Everyone gets to feel involved in this awesome outdoor eating fest
C) When people only have to make one component, and not an entire meal, they tend to go all out on that one thing they make.
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LA is notorious for fabulous 70 degree weather year around, but this week the weather gods decided to strike us with blistering 105 degree temperatures, which has put much of the valley up in flames. With smokey cloudy air and sweltering temperatures, the last thing on earth I feel like doing is turning on a stove or, gosh forbid, an oven; really the only effort I feel like exerting is trying to find a creative way to keep cool.
