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    Home » all » 94 Things to Eat, Drink, Do, and Wear for Each Day of Summer

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    94 Things to Eat, Drink, Do, and Wear for Each Day of Summer


    There are 94 days of summer this year. Because I'm a weird, obsessive compulsive freak about lists, here's a list of summery things to eat, drink, do, and wear, one for each day of the season, in no particular order.

    Lies. Of course they're in order. You just don't know what that order it is.

    Get crackin'. There are only {xo} days of summer left.

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    EAT

    01. Backyard BBQ Burgers
    02. Birthday Cake
    03. Watermelon

    • Watermelon Cobb Salad {how-to}
    • Watermelon Feta Watercress Salad with Green Olive Vinaigrette
    • Watermelon Soda {recipe}
    • Watermelon Juice and Suzanne Goin's Watermelon Vinaingrette {recipes}

    04. "Classic" BBQ Side Dishes

    • 4a. Pasta Salad
    • 4b. Potato Salad
      • Roasted Garlic Potato Salad with Chorizo {recipe}
      • Garlic Roasted Potato Salad,  Dean & Deluca Cookbook {recipe}
      • Christina's Korean Restaurant-Style Potato Salad {recipe}

    05. Beachside Fish Tacos

    • Ricky's Fish Tacos, the Best in LA?
    • p.s. Fish Tacos Pair Well with Rosé

    06. Farmers' Market Fresh Buddha Bowl
    07. Sunday Funday Brunch, all day long. Or Saturday Faturday, whichever works.
    08. Grilled Salmon
    09. Pie. Any Kind. Bonus if you bake it even when it's 100+º outside.
    10. Salad Every Day
    11. Strawberries — It is a shame to do anything to farmers market fresh, summer ripe strawberries — or any fruit for that matter — other than simply rinsing them off before eating them straight out of hand, but sometimes, when in a moment of desperation you've bought too many strawberries ("no such thing" blah blah blah I know) or worse, you shamefully bought white-on-the-inside cottonmouth strawberries in the plastic clamshell, you have to do something to/with them, so:

    • the best strawberries in the world: Harry's Berries, southern California certified farmers' markets
    • Simple Strawberry Bread {recipe}
    • Strawberry Buttermilk Banana Bread {recipe}
    • Strawberry Sorbet {recipe}
    • Double Double Chocolate Pavlova with Ice Cream and Fresh Strawberries {recipe}

    12. Blackberries

    • Murray Family Farms has Kiowa blackberries (huge berries with huge, shiny bumps), marionberries, and other blackberry-looking berries
    • Basic Buttermilk Pancakes with Blackberries

    13. Blueberries
    14. Raspberries

    • the best blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and mulberries: Pudwill Berry Farms

    15. Cherries
    16. Nectarines and Peaches

    • Grilled Peach and Tofu "Caprese" {recipe}

    17. Plums
    18. Figs: ok, so basically ALL THE FRUITS

    • Arugula Fig Salad with Humboldt Fog, Prosciutto, and Pistachios AND
    • Arugula Fig Salad with Feta, Olives, Pickled Onions and Pistachios
    • Fresh Fig Ice Cream {recipe}

    19. Chia Seeds
    20. Avocado
    21. Tomatoes
    22. Corn
    23. Okra
    24. Zucchini
    25. Eggplant
    26. Shell Beans
    27. Homemade Pesto, best with Home Grown Herbs (see below #68)
    28. Green Goddess Dressing
    29. Gazpacho
    30. Soupe au Pistou
    31. Naeng-myun | Korean Buckwheat Noodles in Chilled Broth

    • Mul Naeng-Myun recipe

    32. Cold Soba
    33. Summer Rolls
    34. BBQ Ribs, in the backyard
    35. Beer Can Grilled Chicken
    36. Grilled Shrimp
    37. Ceviche/Poké
    38. Clambake or Crab Boil
    39. Lobster Roll
    40. Ballpark Hot Dogs

    • Dodger Dogs with Nectarine Pico de Gallo {recipe}

    41. Funnel Cake
    42. Shaved Ice/Sno-Cones/Pat Bing Soo
    43. Ice Cream Made in Two Coffee Cans

    • Ok, maybe not make ice cream in coffee cans, but I can make coffee ice cream

    44. S'mores
    45. Ice Cream from a Truck
    46. Popsicles

    • Mateo's Paletas

    47. Aïoli (the French "no cook" spread of aïoli served with vegetables and baguette)
    48. Jams and Jellies You Preserve Yourself
    49. Pickles You Ferment Yourself
    50. Oysters, straight out of the ocean if possible

    sparkling melon sangria with cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon

    DRINK

    51. Rosé Wine
    52. Chilled Red Wine (previously: Lambrusco)
    53. Prosecco
    54. Water
    55. Cold Brew Coffee

    • Fairly easy (but a long wait time) to cold brew your own coffee at home

    56. Iced Tea
    57. Lemonade from a Roadside Stand
    58. Date Shake
    59. Strawberry Almond Milk
    60. Agua Fresca
    61. Home Squozen Green Juice

    • Ultimate Green Juice {recipe}

    62. Bellini with farmers’ market fresh white peach puree
    63. Wine Spritzer
    64. Tropical Fruit Frozen Blended Cocktails with Tiny Umbrellas
    65. Beer with ginger ale or fruit in it
    66. Mojitos Made with Backyard Garden Mint and Limes
    67. Sangria

    • Sparkling Melon Sangria {recipe} Summer 2015
    • How to Make Any Sangria

    beach, water's edge

    DO

    68. Grow a Vegetable Garden or Herb Garden or any garden hell drop an avocado pit into a glass half full of water and just watch it grow
    69. Throw a Pool Party, even if you have to use an inflatable kiddie pool
    70. Play Tennis. (ok, ok, watch tennis. twice.)
    71. Celebrate All the Summer Holidays: Father's Day June 19, Summer Solstice June 20, MY BIRTHDAY June 21, Independence Day on July 4, Bastille Day on July 14
    72. Go to a Baseball Game
    73. Picnic at the Beach (Just kidding. Picnic in the backyard. Ok, maybe just in the dining room)
    74. Concert at the Hollywood Bowl
    75. Outdoor Movie Night/Drive-In
    76. Rooftop Cocktail Party
    77. Go to the County Fair
    78. Go on a Road Trip and Eat Junky Road Trip Foods with No Guilt
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    WEAR

    79. Sunscreen. Every. Day. Moisturizer with SPF, straight-up sunscreen, makeup with SPF, that's right, NEVER leave your house without protection, and LAYER IT to be safe, though abstinence is always the best.
    80. Bare Nails. Ok, you're right, I'd never go bare nails. At the very least Nude Nails
    81. French Manicure
    82. Neon Mani/Pedi
    83. New Flip Flops
    84. Espadrilles
    85. Cheap Sunglasses
    86. Bikini
    87. Beach Wavy Hair without Going to the Beach
    88. Cutoffs
    89. Romper
    90. Hats
    91. Beach Tote as a Your Every Day Tote
    92. The Perfect Little Summer Dress, Floral, White or Otherwise
    93. White Jeans

    Afterthoughts

    I'd be living in a fantasy world if I thought I could write a blog post about a different one of these every day of this summer, especially since we're already a few days into the season.

    We've also seen how (un)successful I've been trying to write a 100 Posts in 100 Days, which, after successive post-less weeks, I had to downgrade to 40 Posts Before 40. Eventually, I just wanted to squeeze out one post. Can I just write one?! I did. One in 40. Chrise.

    Clearly, posting daily, even weekly, is a pipe dream, especially since the whole point of this list is to do something this summer besides sit in front of a computer inside for 18 hours a day blogging about doing things outside. So at the very least I am going to try to eat, drink, or do one of these 93 things each day (except eat grilled shrimp, to which I am allergic), whether I actually write something meaningful about it here.

    And hell, if I drink a glass of rosé every day for 94 days, I'll consider that winning summer.

    (Do you want to do some of these things, too? Let me know. Maybe we can do some together! I'm keeping track by tagging #summerlicious here, there, and everywhere)

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    Comments

    1. bhsportsguy says

      June 27, 2014 at 2:56 pm

      I remember those days of somewhat daily posts and exchanging comments which was the only way to communicate, good times.

      Reply
    2. DHo says

      June 29, 2014 at 8:20 pm

      LOVE this. Let's pick a day for all-day Sunday Funday, and, well, all-day Saturday Funday too.

      Reply
    3. sweetsociety says

      July 12, 2014 at 7:11 pm

      Love this! I'm gonna try to eat, drink, do, and wear as many as these as I can.

      Reply
    4. Foodie Louie says

      August 07, 2014 at 10:52 am

      The old 100 posts in 100 days. If I had a failed website for every time I tried that. Wait. I do. Ten so far.

      Liked this on my Facebook page. Nice website.

      Reply
    5. Scott says

      September 22, 2014 at 12:25 pm

      Is it too far-fetched to add a 95th under wear? "Nothing"... welcome to summer!

      Reply
    6. Kathryn @ thescratchartist.com says

      June 28, 2015 at 6:22 am

      I look forward to reading what you write and I love your sense of humor. Whether it's one a day or one a month, or year, or decade...I'm in. I almost had to stop reading when you said you didn't like lobster...say what?! I love that you listed it though...somewhere you knew, lobster = essential summer goodness!

      Reply
    7. Ryan | A Polished Palate says

      July 01, 2015 at 11:57 am

      This is a great list! Love the humor and truthfulness in your afterthoughts. I can relate!

      Reply
    8. Rocky Tsung says

      July 22, 2015 at 12:31 am

      impressive list of drinks and beverages you have.. Love this.. i like cucake muffins most as they often looks cool when placed in ferris wheel cupcake holder amazon.

      Reply

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