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Super-Easy Summer

Focus on fun— and save money— with great ideas that

keep you close to home.

by PETRA GUGLIELMETTI photos KATHRYN GAMBLE market editor JENNIFER CONDON

downtime!

Forget the air travel, packing,

rushed to -d o lists. T h is year go

fo r a staycation as the fam ily’s

interm ission from w o rk and

study. W h e n yo u explore and laze

around in tow n, the neigh bor-

hood, the backyard, yo u ’ll be

m ore refreshed in the end than if

yo u ’d traveled hundreds o f m iles.

N o beach? N o w orrie s. W h e n

yo u r w h o le neighborhood sets

up beach um brellas and the kids

set beach balls aloft, yo u can

alm ost feel the sand betw een

yo u r toes.

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W an t so m e m ellow m elo dies fo r a beach p a rty o r

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b arb ecu e? Dow nload lo n g s fro m iTunes, like “G ro o vin ' ” by th e Y®ung R ascals, o r

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M ungo J e rry ’s “ In th e Su m m e rtim e ” (don't fo rg e t th e Beach B oys). O r g et a w hole

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playlist o f h o t-w eather so ng suggestions at

BHG.com/summertunqs.

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