like my little pic? it's the denver summer skyline :) not quite as good as the view i have of denver at sloan's lake, but i don't have any good pictures of that so... there it is. anyway, it's been quite a while since we've done a top 10, so i thought july would be the perfect time to name my favorite things about summer. enjoy and feel free to share your own!
10. biking everywhere
9. the water
let's blame it on my zodiac sign - us aquarius folk really love water. it also could have been that growing up in new york (and even once we moved out of the state) we spent every summer at our summer house and on our beach (we had membership in a private beach club - woodhull landing), or summers spend on my grandparents' houseboat at lake powell. but no matter the reason, i'm obsessed with water. my dad always called me a fish growing up and it is still true today. philip and his family tease me because every time we are out in california i have to go in the ocean - even if i just touch it with my toe. but beach days or pool afternoons are the best part of summer to me, even if i don't get it as much anymore living in colorado. i'll always have those childhood memories - and bianca's backyard pool :)
8. city park jazz
hands down the best way to end a summer weekend. for ten sundays from the first sunday of june, there's a free jazz concert in city park. my uncle's old company does the sound for this perfect pastime, so my whole family got in the groove of going. it's a time to open some wine, kick off your shoes and enjoy some live music. leave it to denver to bring something so awesome to the people for free.
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| the whole fam at a concert last year when aj was around |
7. summer brews
so i won't say too much about summer beer here, because i definitely went a little overboard last time. but i have never been a white wine fan, and there's just nothing better than cracking open a nice, chilled colorado brew when it's 90+ outside.
6. farmer's markets
i was on the phone with my dad the other day, and i asked him, "guess what i'm doing?" his response: "riding your bike to a farmer's market?" of course, he meant this as some kind of joke... but he was right. i love farmer's markets! there are a ton in our area (we have a little map of all of the ones in our area and their hours!) and we try to go whenever we can. there's not too much better than picking out your produce directly from the farmer him/herself and then bringing it home to make something fresh for dinner. it's healthy, it's green, it's delicious, and it's just a lot of fun.
5. curly hair
hi, i'm alaina, and i have curly hair. yes, i try to hide it when possible: straightening serums, chi irons, blow dryers for every outlet imaginable... it's all to hide my frizzy curls. however, when it's july and i wake up in a house with no air conditioning, there is something so liberating about just letting my hair go. i do this most days of the summer, and it's fun. philip loves it, and it's kind of growing on me now that i know what products to use (no gel, just creams!). but here it is friends, in all it's glory.
4. being tan
i'll admit it, i'm lucky. i have an olive complexion and italian skin that tans easily. and i love it. laying outside and getting sun is not overrated at all. i feel like the summer sun just makes my skin healthier: it's bronze, it's clear and if i'm lucky i'll get a few freckles :)
3. summer movies
disclaimer: i just saw horrible bosses yesterday, so now i'm kind of on a summer movie kick. i didn't really know anything about the different movie seasons until i met philip, who is kind of a movie know-it-all. and i've learned that all the funniest and action-packed movies come out during the summer. besides, when it's hot as hell it's always great to sit in an overly-air-conditionted theater and sip a freezing cold soda (the only time i allow myself soda).
ps - do yourself a favor and go see horrible bosses, or really anything starring jason bateman. i kind of love him.
2. running in the morning
this is a new one for me. i have always liked to run - i mean, not in a marathon kind of way, but in a casual-jog-down-cherry-creek-path kind of way. and when i lived in prague, there weren't exactly any 24hour fitness centers around, so it was just me and my running shoes. i've taken a lot of time off from running, but i've started again in the last two weeks. i'm doing it in the mornings now because it's quiet and the only time of the day when the temperature is anywhere NEAR what i can run in. it's totally relaxing. it's just me, my breathing and some good music. it helps me get started for the day and hopefully it will make my pants fit better :)
i took this pic the other day while running around sloan's lake in the morning before work.
1. evening thunderstorms
there are many, many reasons why i'm loving these. as i have said a billion times, we don't have air conditioning in the house. and almost every evening for the last week or so, around 4ish it just starts to pour. the clouds come in, the wind starts blowing... and if i turn the attic fan on, all the cool air from outside gets pulled in the house and it's super comfortable. it's so relaxing to come home from work and sit with a drink and listen to the rain with philip... or lay in bed with the windows open and listen to the thunder crashing around us. it's one of the best things about summer in colorado.
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