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The Current Season
 
Summer Cool
Melt down your inhibitions and have more fun in the sun this year than ever before. We'll help you cut loose with a cool mix of features and essays updated through Labor Day--plus summer event guides by city.
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DECONSTRUCTING THE DOG
What really lurks within America's favorite summer food

VINO IN THE SUN
There's more to summer wine than chilled White Zinfandel

YOU KNOW THE GRILL
More tips for a top-shelf barbecue

MESS KIT
Spice up your campfire creations with "The Happy Camper's Cookbook: Eating Well Is Portable"

IS THIS BUD FOR YOU?
Choosing the best American beer for your garden party

GARDEN GRILLING
Throw another zuke on the barbie

HEALTHIER CHOICE
Another guide to grilling veggies--complete with recipe

FINGER LICKIN'
Meat lovers enjoy those barbecues, too

COOL READS
An alternative reading list for the hotter months

SOUNDS OF SUMMER
Recording the ultimate mix tape for those crazy, lazy days

HOT TOPICS
A short list of the bright summer's darkest books

FLIPPING THEM OFF
Flip-flop wearers send a simple message: I don't care how I look

THE BOCCE BOYS
Having a ball, the old-fashioned way

STEEL FEAR
Is there really a cure for coasterphobia?

CONCRETE RULES
On the street, the game goes on--at least until it's too dark to see

TRUCKING THE TREATS
Ice-cream man: Purveyor of cool treats or urban menace?

A PERFECT PERCH
An ode to that great summer hangout--the front porch

ON TOP OF IT ALL
Picking out the perfect summer hat

SKIN DEEP
One woman shares her unorthodox summer beauty secrets

HALF-BAKED
The wonders of sunless tanning lotions

TURF WARS
Assessing the lawn-care obsession

GOOFY KID STUFF
15 tips for maximizing summer fun for your tykes

NO PANTS REQUIRED
A day in the liberated life of a nudist resort

NORTHERN LIGHTS
Great Lakes lighthouses illuminate a different side of New York

ALL ABOARD FOR BIRMINGHAM
A last-minute run to Dixie

STAR STRUCK
This is the perfect season to take up amateur astronomy

TWISTER
Ride the Raging Bull, "the world's first hyper-twisting roller coaster"

HOT DOGS, HEROES & HOME RUNS
Detroit's soon-to-be-extinct Tiger Stadium evokes a lifetime of memories

FRISCO AL FRESCO
Midsummer night's dream dinners by the Bay

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