Summer Getaway: Philip Crangi

Fri, June 24, 2011

WHAT I’M PACKING…: My leather visor and a ‘good’ book.
DURING THE DAY I WILL…: Lay on the beach getting as tan and as blonde as
I can while trying not lose to Darren at Yahtzee.
AT NIGHT I WILL…: We always try to cook great dinners — and then
grab a drink at the always glamorous Cherry’s.
SECRET ONLY A LOCAL WOULD KNOW…: Not too secret but the Sunken Forest is magic!
BOOK I’M READING…: The opuses of both George R.R. Martin and Margaret Atwood
— I’m a strong believer in a ‘high/low’ reading selection even at the beach — I’ll let your readers choose which is which.
GAME I LIKE TO PLAY…: Yatzee as well as Rummy 500. The former I usually lose and the latter I’m something of a destroyer, if I say so myself.
TRAVEL TIP…: Benadryl gel! The mosquitoes are ruthless.
SUMMER COCKTAIL…: Coming from a long line of beachy Floridians, we do have a traditional family beach drink called a Castro Convertible (long story): 1/3 Mount Gay or Goslings rum, 2/3 tonic and 3-5 fresh key limes, all mixed in the largest tumbler you’ve got. Best if started early and sipped all day, refilled often.
GROOMING TIP…: The best part about the beach for me is having salty hair bleached out by the sun.
SUMMER PLAYLIST…: We have amassed quite a pile of old records out there so it’s been a lot of Doris Day and Tammy Wynette so far this summer.