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July 05, 2006
Hot House 5: Vacation Survival Guide
Jamie Gaughran-Perez
Rock Heals made the tough trip to the beach for you! We’ve spent our time researching the must-haves for the 2006 vacation season. Don’t be caught riding the lazy river and sipping a baybreeze while the cool kids snicker.
 | [music] Born to Run for the open-window drive to the beach. Nebraska for sipping on a drink after the sun goes down. As Mischa Barton, cultural bellwether, said with her dying breaths in the OC finale, “It’s the summer of Bruce, baby. If you can’t get with him, you can’t get with me.” |
[dvd] British Comedy isn't “my thing,” but League of Gentlemen is as funny as I've seen in years. Set in a small town (Royston Vasey) with its local shop for local people – things get very wrong very fast. Verité camerawork and genre bending (soap opera, horror, etc.) work together toward a single-minded goal: making the funniest funny. One day I found myself trying to explain why I wanted “Rape our dead mouths” written on my wife’s birthday cake, thanks LoG! | 
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| [book] I read a review of this and said, “Tracey, here’s the book you’ll want to read on vacation.” I was right. About a guy who walks across Afghanistan in early 2002, which probably ain’t so much an advisable idea then or now. Seems he has some time on his hands. Check out the NYT review I read. |
[food] Tilapia, red snapper, catfish – I’ll take ‘em all. Nothing says summer like fresh pico de gallo, simple guacamole, chipotle mayo and some grilled fish for killer tacos. We subbed habañeros for chipotle at yesterday’s Fiesta de la Indepencia -- freedom requires improvisation. Take heed: marinating time for the fish is roughly the length of a World Cup match – you don’t want the fish to cook in the marinade, and you won’t want to miss that goal in the 85th. Enjoy with Mexican beer, margaritas, and/or our fave Paloma. |  |
 | [activity] Drop your heart rate. Drop your blood pressure. Drop everything. And plant your head to pillow for the Slumber of the Ancients. We’re talking serious 8-hour+ stretches. Adrenaline is so late-90s. Don’t be caught dead on bungee cords, kite jumping, or moving faster than a lumbering gait. |
Posted by Rock Heals at July 5, 2006 12:00 PM
