Summer is not so much a set frame of time as it is a mood and a mode of existence.
If we can keep that in mind, if we can keep that in heart, then this summer need not end.
That said, this is technically the last weekend of Summer Proper, and so we begin our look back at the summer that was 2019. For the purposes of these posts, summer will constitute everything from early June through today, because there are some late spring days that are just too good not to reference and remember. It was a good summer, for the most part, and that can’t always be said. For this first entry in our adventures, a pair of songs in which Swae Lee plays the common denominator to set the musical scene: ‘Sunflower’ and ‘Crave’ – both of which evoke the occasionally-ambivalent mood of the beautiful lazy season.
Oh gorgeous June, with all your peonies and roses and perfumed blossoms, in so many ways you are the best bit of summer: the very beginning. All hope and promise and an entire season laid out beautifully before us. This one began in glorious form with a couple of trips to Boston, starting with this sunny jaunt with Kira. Resplendent in that yellow dress, she and I tore up the town and started the season off on a bright note.
Next up was one of my favorite traditions: the BroSox Adventures with Skip. We set it off in fine fashion, changing things up a bit for a more casual and economical trip through Boston, and added a banner trip to the long winding path of our friendship.
June is all about roses and connections. And a weekend visit that reminded us of the origins of love.
…because June was all about Madame X.
The Mac-Haydn Theater provided a musical refuge for the hotter days and nights to come, with performances of ‘Curtains’ and ‘Sunset Boulevard‘ to whet the appetite for a full season.
A classic: doggy-style.
Another Madame X masterpiece.
And another.
Andy and I made a summer trip to Boston to see the touring production of ‘Miss Saigon’ and we had a perfect summer evening.
Notable Hunks of June, when the blush was still on the roses, included Anthony Festa, Mike Kimani, Leo Holden, Eric Dane, Tegan Zayne, Tony Dokoupil, Aaron Libby, Nick Dompierre, Alan Bersten and Jay Harrington.
