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Now that Labor Day is officially behind us, I'm going to buy myself a pretty new notebook and a fancy pen—I miss back-to-school shopping. But before we get too excited (or depressed, depending on your autumnal attitudes) about the changing of the leaves, there are a few things we're trying to squeeze in during this last stretch of warm weather. Here's Chicagoist's end-of-summer to-do list:
- Get invited for a cruise on a friend's sailboat
- Resign ourselves to the fact the Bears aren't making the Super Bowl
- Host a movie night in the backyard.
- Camp out at Indiana Dunes
- Bike to Flossmoor Station Brewpub and Restaurant
- Take a dip in the lake
- Go for a long walk
- Drink a daiquiri
- Make homemade tomato sauce
- Custard at Scooter's Frozen Custard
- Take the dog to Wiggley Field
- Enjoy some runs along the lakefront path (if it's not too crowded)
Oh, there's so much more where that came from....
- Squeeze in a round of (very poorly played) golf
- Enjoy some dusk walks while dusk still occurs after 4pm
- Dry clean my winter coats
- One more heavy duty clean sweep of the apartment before it spends all winter getting musty
- Lament the seasonal demise of the short skirt
- Porch-sitting, preferably with an alcoholic beverage or an ice pop or both.
- Lounge on the beach (preferably Oak Street)
- Enjoy a summer salad
- Drink as much Bells Oberon as possible
- Take pictures outside
- Eat outside
- Pick fresh herbs and use them in summer cocktails.
- Stock up at costco so I can hibernate all winter.
- Eat the best ice cream/sorbet in the city at Coco Rouge
- Attend as many remaining street festivals as you can. Even Guinness Oyster Fest is an excuse to be outdoors. Kinda.
- Find a good pair of fall boots
- Get in all the "reading in a park under a tree" you can before you trade it for "reading on your couch by the fireplace" in a few months...
- Locate the name of a good therapist, or buy some (bulbs for the) sun lamps, for when the Seasonal Affective Disorder hits
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yeah, for all my lamenting that there's no culver's here ... i ALWAYS forget about scooter's. and it's the real deal, yo!
spring cleaning becomes fall cleaning? but also, i should throw open all the windows and do this as well.
and i have made a solemn promise to myself that i AM getting a SAD lamp this year. it's worth the $200 if it will spare me some pain and misery. every year i say i will, and every year i don't. this WILL be the year. all around, i say!
Man, I *just* went on a sailboat! That was as cool as you'd imagine. It was such a good day outside for it too.
You know, what's even cooler is that you ask your friends how they spent their day, and then you reply (after they say whatever lame thing they did), "Well, I went sailing."
No matter what your friends say back, you will secretly know you had the better day. Unless their day had something to do with Jean Claude Van Damme or maybe even Chuck Norris. But that's really the only exception.
(Also, I think I've done a good amount of the things on this list. Thank you for reminding me there's more to do, yet.)
Last night girlfriend and I took a bike ride on the lakefront path from Diversey to just past Montrose. Excellent ride! Usually she and I direct ourselves south on the lakefront towards Navy Pier. Going north it was far less crowded than I expected. Plus, there were many tasty bugs to chew on after they flew in our mouths.
heavy sigh...I miss sailing