Summer Is For Grown-Ups, Too!Last week, I counted down my top five picks of summer fun activities for kids. This week, I wanted to see what I could find to keep the adults occupied during the Dog Days. So, here's my top five countdown for adult summer fun:#5 - Put a new spin on your golf game! Our Bandit Golf Balls will shock and amaze everyone on the course. They're specially designed with a reactive core, aerodynamic design, and slightly smaller diameter and weight and they are guaranteed to travel distances that seem impossible. No one will be able to tell them from a standard golf ball--unless you can't keep a secret. The Wacky Golf Ball Set looks regulation, but of course, they're not. It's a set of four gag golf balls. One explodes upon impact with the club, one gets airborne and then releases a 15-foot streamer, one has a aggravating unpredictable roll and one evaporates into a mist upon impact. If you're not up to spending the day in the summer heat, how about a golf globe? A golf ball with your favorite college logo is suspended in water inside the globe. You try to land the golf ball onto the golf tee. What makes it so tricky? The globe magnifies the ball's size by 25%!    #4 - Cook something! No, I'm not suggesting you heat up your oven or stove and work your poor air conditioner even harder than it's working now. Instead, use your microwave or a specialty toaster to create a delicious meal without all that "slaving over a hot stove" nonsense. MicroBuddy™ Cookware gives you fast meals without the heat. They're designed to circulate steam around the dome-shaped lids, which preserves flavor and nutrients. Best of all, the set comes with a cooking guide and recipes. I would have never believed it if I hadn't tasted them for myself, but you can actually make french fries in a microwave. With the Microwave Fry Cooker, there's no need to heat up the stove, no oil and your crispy, golden brown fries are done in a flash. Not only do you get fries with fewer calories and less fat, the cooker is also a serving dish. It has a divided center section for ketchup and other sauces, so there's less mess to clean up! Hot dogs are a popular summer food, but what to do when you don't feel like boiling water or grilling? Put them in the toaster! You just drop in the dogs and buns, press the lever down and they pop up when they're done.       #2 - Movie Marathon! When it's just too hot to go out, there's nothing like finding that perfect chair or spot on the couch and popping in a few DVDs. Up for a few laughs? "Heeeere's Johnny!" You can relive 30 years of The Tonight Show with this 3-disc Best Of Carson DVD Collection. You'll see early performances from now famous stand-up comics like Drew Carey & Gary Shandling, plus Ellen DeGeneres' debut television performance. It also includes classic Carson characters like "Aunt Blabby" and "Carnac the Magnificent," memorable monologues and the gem, "Return to Studio One" a lost episode from 1969, where Bob Hope and Dean Martin stole the show when they appeared unannounced. If you're in the mood for something a little more serious, pop in the John Wayne 100th Anniversary DVD Set and spend over 38 hours with a Hollywood legend. This set of 10 DVDs contains 23 feature films and three complete serials. On a horse, in a tank, or romancing the ladies, he'll always be The Duke! Or spend long balmy evenings scaring the beejeebers out of yourself with 50 Classic Horror Movies. Twelve 2-sided DVDs feature the iconic actors and directors who helped launch a movie genre. See Bela Lugosi, John Barrymore, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Fay Wray, Lon Chaney Sr., Lon Chaney Jr., and Tor Johnson as they moan and shriek and scare their way into cinematic history. "The Little Shop of Horrors" stars Jack Nicholson as the masochistic dental patient and "Dementia 13" is directed by Francis Coppola under the guidance of maestro Roger Corman. This is as good as horror gets!    And My #1 Pick for Adult Summer Fun Is - Go to the beach! You can't stay inside all summer, so what better place to cool your heels than at the shore? Of course, you'll need a cool--or in this case a hot--beach towel. The sizzling hot graphics on this towel are designed to make it seem like you're laying on a flaming grill. Of course, you'll need something to carry the towel and your other beach supplies. Our Coca-Cola Tote looks and performs like canvas, but is actually made from ten recycled plastic soda bottles. It's one way to go green while going to the beach. And when you're done with all that fun in the sun, you'll need something to wear over your bathing suit. Not your average cover-up, this wrap around dress is more flattering than a baggy sarong. It goes straight from beach to bistro. Just criss-cross the dress over your suit and you're ready for whatever the summer evening will bring.    Your "Summer Fun" Gift Guru, Linda Posted by Linda at
5:00 AM | Friday, June 26, 2009
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