Before Summer Ends....

By Margaret Lyons in Miscellaneous on Sep 2, 2008 9:32PM

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