Category: Things To Do: Summer Edition

To celebrate summer, I wanted to create a wish list of fun activities. I have done this in the past. Check out my summer bucket list from 2012, 2013, and 2014. From Memorial Day through Labor Day this year, I aim to accomplish the following activities. Michelle’s Summer 2016 To Do List: 1. Arrange fresh flowers…

One of the items on this season’s bucket list is to savor a pit beef sandwich. This is my favorite sandwich and I was craving it since I hadn’t had one since last July, well… before last Sunday that is. A summery item; it is usually sold at carnivals and fairs as well as in…

The Sunday before last, the guy I’m dating and I hit the beach. We went to a nearby one on the Chesapeake Bay called Sandy Point. This stretch of clay-colored sand overlooks the Bay Bridge. Picture from a past visit during July 2012. I recommend it. Local, it takes a half an hour to get…

I planned to experiment with new eye make-up looks this summer. Usually, I embrace le no make-up look, only wearing concealer, foundation and powder on my lids and under eye areas with a shimmery cream-colored eye shadow highlight under my eyebrow arches and near my tearducts. I finish the look by curling my lovely long…

piccsy via Pinterest Seeking The South via Pinterest The following are all the fun activities I would love to accomplish between Memorial Day and Labor Day. 1. lay on the beach or lounge poolside and then take a dip 2. call my college clique 3. experiment with a new eye makeup look 4. sip a blood…

Pinterest via Italian Summers This was my list of very summery things I wanted to do this year and how I did actually accomplishing them… 1. mix up a batch of margaritas and toast summer  I actually didn’t toast with friends, but did sporadically make a margarita and sip it with dinner, complete with lime garnish on…

On Thursday, August 15th, to further celebrate Ferragosto, I did another thing on my summer bucket list… 5. grill kabobs and dine al fresco This is the first time that I prepared these beef kabobs… This dinner is easy. First, I made a marinade of vegetable oil, say sauce, Worchestershire sauce, mustard, freshly-ground pepper and…

August 15th is an Italian holiday called Ferragosto and it is dedicated to leisure. Italians tend to take off from work and often take off to the beach on this day, if not a full month surrounding it! You can read more about this special day here from one of my favorite bloggers, Karen of An American…

Today, I accomplished another item on my summer bucket list… 9. purchase fresh produce at the farmer’s market I only picked up a few things because I’m on a budget. At a long-running farm stand about five stoplights from my place, I purchased a pint of tomatoes, a red pepper and a zucchini/green squash. It was…

I would like to check another item off my summer bucket list (that can be found in its entirety here)… 2. date as much as possible Skeeball on the Boardwalk in Ocean City I know the summer isn’t over and I have over six weeks prior to Labor Day to date even more, but I…