Top 11 picks of the summer (so far)

1. Plain yogurt for sunburns: Cooling, refreshing, and yummy with mandarin oranges and almonds.

2. Random quotes from "Clue": "I hated her SO much, I- flames, on the side of my face, breath- heav- flames..."

3. Peach daiquiris: Fruity, cold, I can't get blitzed on them. Score.

4. Younger men: *Sigh* might as well not buck the trend.

5. Aaron Rodgers over Brett Favre: Apparently it takes retirement to realize you don't like your wife and playing a children's game is more fun than painting the house.

6. MySpace stalking: All the cool kids are doing it, just ask Elaina.

7. "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog": I heart Joss Whedon; the man's a genius. And I have always kind of rooted for the villain.

8. Cowboys training camp: Zach Thomas is finally where he belongs, Witten and Romo are together and not in Mexico, and "Hard Knocks" is back. We can only hope Wade Phillips doesn't channel Dave Campo, repeating the same line to every guy he cuts: "We 'preciate ya woik ethic, and tha way ya go aboutcha byas-ness." Dufus.

9. "Bull Durham": Revisit this. Saw it last week with my BFF Elaina, who'd never seen it before. The opening Crash speech is the most famous quote (and I think everyone should have their own version), but man, there is some great stuff further along.

10. Twitter: Breezy back-and-forth snark with my peeps delivered instantly, except when we see the birdies trying to lift the whale. Tweet, damn you, I command it!

11. Reddish hair: I highly recommend it. It's apparently giving me a sassy attitude, and now I understand Katherine and Rae can't *help* but be forces of nature with this kind of hair color.

Also, I said earlier I'd tell you what happened after the George Michael concert. I wrote the blog, read it and started to post it last night when I realized how NC-17 it is. So I'll tell you privately if you ask, and it's really a better spoken-word story, but I'm not putting that stuff in print.

A Thing of Beauty

I've always thought of food and drink as more than fuel (which is how I got the body type I have now). My grandmother taught me at an early age that food and drink can be beautiful, almost making it taste better. So you can understand why I really, really want a latte right now: