Summah FUN!

My brother and I are exactly 3 years and 3 days apart

I'm the oldest but he's always been the coolest

Country Mouse and City Mouse

He worked for MTV and has his own Production Company on Broadway in Manhattan

I string beads and here I sit in this wee little upstate town

No matter how far apart we've been or how completely different our lives have become, when we get together he makes me laugh my head off and we go right back to being kids again!

Frank, Michele, Lucia and Toby came to visit this weekend

Immediately the crazies started with this video

You gotta click the link below before reading any further

The 1st time you might hate it...the second a bit better...and really better if you're watching it with my brother!

Havin' a Summah!

We HAD to get SUMMAH GUM!!!

Off to the local candy store to pick our faves!

 Toby picked Trident Bubble Gum

 Lucia Chiclets

Mine!

I first picked Chiclets then exchanged them for this

Made on LI where I grew up and chewed by me and my best friend way back then
in SUMMAH!

Frank getting his

I could have won a million bucks on this bet!

Chompin on our gum we hit the side walk sales lookin for some Summah FUN!

(hey Raven! xo)

It was a scorcher!!

Little shopper LuLu <3 

 Michelle DaRin necklaces that I always and forever wanted at unbelievable low prices but my brain was too fried to decide which one
Why oh why can't they have sidewalk sales in the Fall I wanna know

Too HOT to make any decisions 

Perfect cool us off idea!

 My best friend Gail's father, Joe Simon, created Captain America!

We've all been waiting for this for a long time!

Happy beyond words that 98 year old Joe could go with his daughter Laurie to the NY premier and see on screen his dream come true <3
All his grandchildren flew down for the premier in LA! Thrilling!
Gave us chills head to toe as we watched the Red Carpet Tuesday night!

It was MARVELous Joe!!!

Right down the street from the theater was the shop of an online friend of Michele's

Sooo fun to connect with friends and see other shops when you can in real life!

 Metro Home Style meets Perch Home!!

 Shop talk

Both Linda and Michele have great shops! Miles apart they like and carry a lot of the same things

 Caught her just in time before she left

SO Fun!
Thank you Linda!!

Back to Skantown to meet Dave Lacy and JP at Doug's for more Summahhh Funnn!

OK, so, Michele reeeeally wasn't a fan of the whole Summah thing

She hates gum and thought the video was stupid

Which made me and my brother do it all the more

Just like she was our mother!

We could not stop!

 God-daughter and God-father

When Lacy was an infant she cried all night longggg

Uncle Frank told her dad and I to go out and he'd "take care of it"

4 am, eyes hanging outta his head, he was still tryin

...and she was still cryin

 Boy talk

Done with dinner and time to get Lacy her Summah Gum

Did EXACTLY the same thing as her mama!

 That's my Lacy face xoxo

 OK

So THIS is where Michele got on board the Summah FUN

SUMMAH DRINKS! 

 Brazilian Caipirinha
...missinggg my boyboy xox

For each drink:

1 lime cut in quarters
2 ounces of Cachaça
2 T sugar 

Cruched with a pestle and poured over ice

If you can't find cachaça where you live, use a good vodka. The drink will then be called caipiroshka. No vodka? Use white rum and you will have a caipiríssima!

After a late night swim we lit the Sky Lantern that Frank and Michele bought in PA on their way up here

Making wishes as it rises

Pure Magic

 Of course Sparklers too!

 Sum Sum Summahtime!

Stopped at a Flea Market on the way down to our family camp the next day

 Chili tent calling Fraaank Fraaank
Even though it was 500 degrees out!
He loves chili

This is how HOT it was

I've been wanting a heart and hand cookie cutter forrrever and did not even see this one until I posted this pic!

Killing me!!

Down at the Camp

 Tyin knots...playing cards...

and RECORDS!

Our favorite part about being down there! :)

Franks choice and mine
When my first boyfriend used to break up with me I would lock myself in my room listen to Carole King
cry my eyes out and sleep for days
...and why do I like to hear it now?

A little kayaking 

Love this xo

...something strange

EGGS!

EVERYWHERE

They even had numbers on them!

Tried to Google the answer but still a mystery

 Were going to stay the night but it was too gosh darn HOT

Plus we had to get back for the morning practice for The Great Race ride!

 While these three rode back to the camp...25 miles with 2 bigggg hills

We headed to the Borodino Pancake Breakfast to wait for them
First stopping at the Borodino Market at Schoolhouse Farms

My FAVORITE Summah place to visit!!!

You know me with PACKAGING!

 LOVE it ALL!

 Toby ringing the Schoolhouse bell!

 The colors :) :) :)

heart a buzzin like the bees!

This is exactly what I used to do! True SUMMAH FUN!

Visit if you can!

This Pancake breakfast is really special

SOMEthing about it makes you HAPPY

The Smiley Faces, the best pancakes, and eggs scrambled like most Pancake Breakfasts but that you can also have fried!

 AND this great rotating griddle!

 Um. Toby ate a gazillian sausages and guess what happened in the car on the way back to NJ?

Yep
Poor Toby's tummy :(

Always bring our homemade syrup!

Trying to gather all for a family picture before they leave

 Here's two
so cute :)

 Almost

 Ahhh

x o x

Most dreaded by the female population
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We would shove the bikes in the back, leave the door up, carry the cooler on our lap

and hit the road

 Always seems to take HOURS

ALL 5 males got involved while the women folk waited

And waited

Bye bye brother of mine and his family who I love oh so much!

Bye LuLu my little blogging assistant and sick doggie helper 

Michele, my sister, my inspiration

Frank and Toby, my funny bone ticklers and keepers of my youth

x o x

<3 

 Happy HAPPY Birthday on Friday Frank!!

Thank you for making me laugh, forget my cares, and travel back in time when the livin was easy and the

SUMMAH'S were FUN!
PERFECT way to share this years birthdays!

I LOVE you with all my heart <3 <3 <3 

May ALL your wishes come true 

x o x