Friday Five, June 22

1. Favorite summer food(s) and beverage(s)
Iced tea, unsweetened. Grilled fish. Fresh fruit.

2. Song that "says" summer to you. (Need not be about summer explicitly.) "Hot Fun in the Summertime," Sly and the Family Stone, or "Good Morning, Starshine" from way back when (the musical "Hair" was its source).

3. A childhood summer memory: Going to the beach -- Colonial Beach, a small beach town on the Potomac River near its widest point (over a mile). My aunt, uncle, and cousins (10 of them, almost all redheads like me) lived there and they were so much fun! We played baseball in the backyard, played at the beach, and probably terrorized the neighborhood.

4. An adult summer memory
Beach once again ... this time Kiawah Island, South Carolina, outside of Charleston, with "the kids" and their mates and our friends Angela and Zino .... the year before we moved out here, 2002. A big, beautiful house on a golf course -- alligators easily visible from the deck. About 1/4 mile to the almost empty beach. The young people doing most of the cooking and just in general making life very fun. I miss them!

5. Describe a wonderful summer day you'd like to have in the near future. (weather, location, activities)
I'm itching to go to San Francisco again. Weather -- probably cool, maybe foggy. Activities: Guy and I in a room at the Hotel Nikko, sleeping late and having coffee from the Starbucks downstairs for breakfast; exploring the city or driving up to Point Reyes; sushi for dinner.

Optional: Does your place of worship do anything differently in the summer? (Fewer services, casual dress, etc.) It couldn't get much more casual dress than we have in the chapel, where people are welcome to wear their pajamas as far as I'm concerned. No, nothing different really either at the chapel or St. Paul's. There's not a lot of frou-frou to pare away at!

Comments

[Sarah]

I miss you too Connie. That summer was one of my favorites at Kiawah!