TPM Summer Essentials

It's 11:30 on Wednesday night which means I'm sitting at my apartment watching Will and Grace and eating Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Cruch Ice Cream. Usually this doesn't inspire me to think about anything, except maybe that I'm kind of a loser, but tonight it got me thinking about how much I love ice cream which in turn got me thinking about how much I love summer. Thus, the TPM guide to summer essentials was born. These are the things you must do over the next couple of months to ensure you have the best summer ever!

1. Eat as much ice cream as possible - specifically mint chip from Mary's Dairy. It is divine. (Rachel recommends Cones on Bleeker)

2. Take the water taxi to Grimaldis, frolic in DUMBO park, and then stroll back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge with the wind in your hair.

3. Drink lots of water (read: beer and margaritas)

4. Go to as many BBQs as possible.

5. Go to the Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria and head over to Water Taxi Beach in Long Island city just in time for sunset.

6. Go to at least one hot and sweaty music festival - I'm working at Lollapalooza this year so come out and visit me!

7. Get comfortable flip-flops.

8. Hit up some free outdoor shows.

9. Hang out on Jack's roof and have sing-alongs.

10.Dance your ass off at "Fun"-tanas every Thursday, starting July 13th, to the musical stylings of DJ Del.

Here is a preview of what you might see at Fontanas:





Cheers to an awesome summer!