Tonight was yummy homemade tacos. Five days ago it was a $1.00 book of Thoreau quotes. B and I are celebrating the sweltering side of summer with our favorite cheap thrills.

Favorites so far include, but are not limited to:

• Five Guys Burgers and Fries
• the Smithsonian Natural History Museum's late summer hours
• joint nap-time
• Finding Nemo Dory pop toys in Sugar Smacks cereal
• downloads of Red Dwarf, Season III
• long, cool summer baths
• a workplace bonus rolling cooler just before a camping trip
• free refills on Moroccan mint iced tea at Teaism
• making fun of the upstairsies
• peeling sunburnt skin
• Wallace and Gromit
• the conversations that occur walking to and from the Georgetown Lowes
• postcards
• a jar full of jesuses
• crunches in between cheese breaks
• getting lost in the Pentagon parking lot and attracting the interest of many patrolling police cars
• the tickle wars
• collecting lucky pennies
• Johnny Rockets napkin art

How hot is your summer?