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" 8 Ways to Get Sultry Style Fulfill your every summer desire with our fashion and beauty faves. 1. A chic beach bag:Hat Attack canvas tote, $68. 2. An eye-catching beach towel: &amp;quot;Jungle&amp;quot; design, Christy, $35. 3. Flip-flops: Classic flip-flops, Old Navy, $3.50.  4. A signature summer scent: Est\u00E9e Lauder Bronze Goddess Eau Fra\u00EEche, $49.50.  5. Faux glow: The Body Shop Sun Lustre Bronzer, $28.50. 6. Golden glimmer: Tova Soft Shimmer Dry Oil, $39.50. 7. A cooling body wash: H20 Spa Ice Water Cooling Mint Wash, $15. 8. Frizz-free locks: Bumble and Bumble Cr\u00E8me de Coco Masque, $24. HOW TO: TIE A SARONG  by Malia Mills, swimwear designer Ideally, the fabric should be as wide as your wingspan (when you hold your arms out at your sides) and long enough to reach your toes. TO CREATE A CHIC STRAPLESS DRESS: 1. Fold down the top of the fabric about 18 inches, with the extra flap on the inside. 2. Hold fabric in front of you and twist the top two corners. Pull fabric back across bust, cross over behind you, and wrap in front. 3. Knot twisted ends under bust. TO CREATE A CHIC HIGH-WAISTED SKIRT: 1. Fold top down 18 inches. 2. Hold fabric behind you, just under your arms, and twist top corners. 3. Pull forward, cross over under bust, and wrap in back. 4. Knot twisted ends behind you just above your waist. 9 MUST-DO SUMMER DARES 1. Skinny-dip. 2. Go makeup-free. For a week. 3. Sleep outside. Worried it&amp;#039;ll be too chilly? Buy a double-wide sleeping bag (available at rei.com) and get frisky under the stars with your man. 4. Plan a backward dinner party, where you serve dessert, followed by a main course, followed by an appetizer. 5. Indulge in a raucous water fight. 6. Visit a summer music festival (you can find one near you at (festivalfinder.com). Wear your sexiest tank top and rock out like a teenager. 7. Write a letter to the first summer love who broke your heart. Do not send it.  8. Finally jump off that high dive at your local pool. 9. Sit in the front seat of the first car on the roller coaster. Raise your hands when you&amp;#039;re plunging down the hill. Scream. Loudly. HOW TO: GET INTO AND OUT OF A HAMMOCK by JR Pelletier, manager of The Hammock Company The most important thing to remember is to move slowly and carefully\u2014that way, you won&amp;#039;t get flipped. TO GET IN: Sit down in the hammock&amp;#039;s center and grasp onto the edge with both hands. With your feet still planted on the ground, lean your upper body to one side and rest your ear at the top of the hammock. Then, swing your feet up and twist your body so that you end up on your back. Shimmy your way to the hammock&amp;#039;s middle, then enjoy!  TO GET OUT: Hold on to the hammock with one hand at each edge. Twist to one side, allowing your feet to dangle toward the ground. Once your feet reach the ground, move to a seated position, then stand up!   9 WAYS TO HAVE A HOT SUMMER FLING (WITH THE GUY YOU&amp;#039;VE ALREADY GOT) 1. Spread out a blanket and stargaze. 2. Make out in the back row of a movie theater. 3. Share a milk shake. 4. Get cozy in a rowboat at the local lake.  5. Steal away for a park-bench lunch together on a workday. 6. Enjoy carnival games on the boardwalk (then have some fun under the boardwalk). 7. When you get home from your day, kiss like you&amp;#039;ve been apart for a month.  8. Wear matching flip-flops. 9. Dedicate an entire day to being naked together. HOW TO: PLAY BOCCE by Peter Rabito, president of the American Bocce Club YOU&amp;#039;LL NEED:  a set of bocce balls (eight bocce balls and a smaller pallino ball) and a bocce court (or any open space, like a lawn or a park). THE OBJECT:  Be the first to score 12 points. Score by rolling your bocce balls closest to the pallino. TO BEGIN: Divide players into two teams of up to four people. Toss a coin; whoever wins rolls the pallino so it passes the center line of the court. Next, a member of that same team stands behind the start line and rolls a bocce ball toward the pallino, trying to get as close to it as possible. The other team goes next, with one member rolling one of her bocces toward the pallino. From then on, the team whose ball is farthest away from the pallino takes the next turn. Once every ball has been rolled, the team with a bocce closest to the pallino gets one point (a team can score multiple points in one round if more than one of its bocces are closer to the pallino than any of the other team&amp;#039;s bocces). Collect the balls. The team who scored last rolls the pallino again. Start the next round. Once you&amp;#039;ve mastered the basics, get a little sneaky: Use your bocce to knock your opponent&amp;#039;s ball out of play or move the pallino out of the other team&amp;#039;s reach. 7 FRESH IDEAS TO PACK FOR YOUR PICNIC \u2022 Chilled asparagus spears \u2022 Sofia Minis (cans of champagne that come with tiny straws) \u2022 Thinly sliced grilled steak \u2022 Smoked salmon and cream cheese pinwheels \u2022 Roasted, salted chickpeas \u2022 Peanut butter sandwiches made with angel food cake \u2022 Frozen grapes or bananas 3 FAIR FOODS YOU&amp;#039;VE GOTTA TRY AT LEAST ONCE 1. Deep-fried latte: Fried pastry topped with cappuccino ice cream, caramel sauce, whipped cream, and instant coffee powder. 2. Apple fries: Apples sliced like french fries, battered, fried, and served with whipped cream. 3. Butterfly fries: A potato sliced in one long continuous strip and then fried. It comes out part fry, part potato chip. Yum! HOW TO: BUILD A S&amp;#039;MORES-WORTHY CAMPFIRE by Jennifer Peter, lead camping consultant at Girl Scouts of the USA Collect three types of wood: kindling (branches with a diameter smaller than your thumb), tinder (small pieces of bark and pine needles), and large logs (for fuel). If there is no fire pit nearby, create your own by fashioning a 15x15-inch, three- to five-inch\u2013high mound of soil. Lay three pieces of kindling flat on the mound in the shape of an A. Pile tinder on the crosspiece of the A, then lay more kindling over the top. Light the kindling, then light the tinder (it catches fire and burns most quickly). As the fire begins to build, add more kindling, then add logs. If the fire wanes, gently poke at the logs with a long stick or rake to let in oxygen that&amp;#039;ll fuel the blaze. Then, open that bag of marshmallows and get cooking!  HOW TO: MAKE LEMONADE THAT&amp;#039;S WORTH 50 CENTS by Katie Lee Joel, author of The Comfort Table For me, lemonade is the official beverage of the summer. Nothing is more refreshing on a hot day than an ice-cold glass\u2014especially when it&amp;#039;s freshly squeezed. I like to make a big pitcher and keep it in the refrigerator at all times\u2014my husband, Billy, loves it! Since juicing lemons by hand can be exhausting and frustrating, I recommend using an electric citrus juicer (REDBOOK&amp;#039;s pick: Cuisinart Citrus Juicer, $30;lnt.com). Here&amp;#039;s my lemonade recipe: 1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 5 lemons) 4 cups cold water \u00BD cup superfine sugar 1 cup ice Combine the ingredients in a large pitcher. Stir until the sugar has completely dissolved. Chill in the fridge until serving time. Yield: 6 to 8 servings. EASY WAYS TO KEEP COOL \u2022 Hydrate.  A glass of water is a great start. Then, give your skin a boost with a superfine, cooling mist. We love Vichy Laboratories Thermal Spa Water, $7. \u2022 Turn off the lights. Lightbulbs increase a room&amp;#039;s temperature, so let moonlight stream through the windows instead. \u2022 Refrigerate lotions and toners. They&amp;#039;ll feel more luxurious on the rocks. \u2022 Take a tepid shower. The shock of cold water will only make your body conserve heat, eventually making you feel even hotter. \u2022 Give in. Sometimes feeling the heat is the best way to fight it. (Think Liz Taylor inCat on a Hot Tin Roof.)  5 REASONS TO LOVE A RAINY DAY 1. No-holds-barred backyard water-pistol fights. Because you might as well have some fun while you&amp;#039;re getting soaked. 2. Classic card games like old maid, gin rummy, hearts, and crazy eights. Invite all your friends over to help you remember the rules. 3. Indoor picnics. No ants, no sunburns, no one around to see you canoodling. 4. Movie marathons (a selection of Hitchcock films, The Lord of the Rings series, or classic Audrey Hepburn flicks). 5. Monopoly. You&amp;#039;ll finally finish a game! 7 GREAT SUMMER READS Outtakes from a Marriage by Ann Leary Insider celeb experience (author is the wife of Rescue Me star Denis Leary) and fascinating insights about the darker side of fame. A Bad Bride&amp;#039;s Tale by Polly Williams Continent hopping; yards of tulle; being bad isgooooood. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything by Janelle Brown Part The Starter Wife, part Valley of the Dolls\u2014a darkly comic suburban-drama parody. Fisherman&amp;#039;s Bend by Linda Greenlaw The crew of a lobster boat disappears; romantic intrigue; killer mystery. A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand A star-crossed love affair; a former rock star; a high-stakes benefit gala; plenty of steam. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris Ridiculous scenarios; awkward encounters; hilarious essays. The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III A 384-page tour-de-force novel about a mother and daughter. You&amp;#039;ll wish it were longer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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