Summer Guide

Helter Swelter '09 May-June

All kinds of options to help you through the summer.

Helter Swelter '09 July

All kinds of options to help you through the summer.

Helter Swelter '09 August

All kinds of options to help you through the summer.

Helter Swelter '09 September

All kinds of options to help you through the summer.

Adult swim

Well, actually, all-ages, but be thankful for wet solutions to dry summer days

Heat is heat, hot is hot, and it doesn't matter if you're in the jungle or in the desert wishing you had an Evian atomizer.

Unattracted

Crotchety intern ruins the fun at a half-dozen tourist favorites

Everywhere in the world (except for Fairplay and Alma), locals tend to avoid visiting hometown tourist attractions.

The Simple life

You can get a cheap taste of Europe this summer — social awkwardness and all — at a Salida hostel

Given our general dearth of them, most Americans get their first taste of hostels while backpacking through Europe.

Helter Swelter

Summer Guide 2009

“One swallow,” declared Aristotle, “does not make a summer.” Of course, this was back before the dawn of the Big Gulp.

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