What are some life-changing things I, as an art student, can spend my summer doing? [more inside]
posted by Paulefinch on Dec 9, 2009 - 16 answers

Maldives on a budget? Say, late June or July 2010? [more inside]
posted by abdulf on Sep 24, 2009 - 6 answers

Design our "First Summer's Night Eve" wedding, creative people! [more inside]
posted by semacd on Aug 17, 2009 - 17 answers

Making dinner tonight for a lady friend - Need suggestions! [more inside]
posted by OuttaHere on Aug 17, 2009 - 12 answers

[End of Summer Drinks Filter]: Scandinavian summer is quickly coming to a close, and I need some great ideas for end of summer cocktails! Looking for new and exciting instead of the usual spirit and mixer stuff. Thanks follow mefite imbibers for your advice! [more inside]
posted by Funmonkey1 on Aug 12, 2009 - 13 answers

I have 20 pounds (or more) of summer squash. What do I do with it? [more inside]
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel on Jul 30, 2009 - 32 answers

Help resolve a dispute among co-workers. Vancouver is a wonderful city, everybody says so. It just doesn't happen to have been built for serious summer heat. Yet now it is hot (and getting hotter) and here we are in a "home office" that will start to absolutely bake in roughly one hour (when the afternoon sun hits the windows). Given that we have no air conditioning and that we are on a deadline this week and so must stay "on the job", how best to keep this place as cool as possible ...? [more inside]
posted by philip-random on Jul 27, 2009 - 31 answers

What is "summer glamour" for men at a wedding reception? [more inside]
posted by rus on Jul 26, 2009 - 15 answers

I need your best gazpacho recipes! [more inside]
posted by dancinglamb on Jul 22, 2009 - 17 answers

Great (summer-friendly) lunch menus. Difficulty: can be mostly or wholly made beforehand. [more inside]
posted by availablelight on Jul 18, 2009 - 21 answers

Looking for a reasonably priced hotel in Washington, D.C. for a trip we are planning to take this August. Any thoughts on the possibility of commuting downtown from the burbs each day to visit the sites?
posted by mwark on Jul 17, 2009 - 11 answers

My 14 year old stepson is bored in New York. What should he do? How about Montreal? [more inside]
posted by musofire on Jul 10, 2009 - 36 answers

Help us narrow down our choices for an extended weekend road trip leaving from central NJ. [more inside]
posted by booksherpa on Jul 6, 2009 - 9 answers

I would like to find an internship for next summer at an ad agency in eastern Ontario or somewhere reasonably close by in the US (think NYC, Chicago, etc). Unfortunately, my school doesn't engage in a lot of recruiting partnerships with ad agencies. Is there some type of industry insider directory I could consult for a list of potential ad agencies to call up about information interviews and such? [more inside]
posted by Phire on Jul 6, 2009 - 10 answers

SummerSnackFilter: In an attempt to relive certain college days, I purchased a watermelon and a handle of cheap vodka. Cut hole, insert bottle, and in 24 hours, deliciousness, right? Wrong. Can the tipsy hive mind tell me where I went wrong? And other things that I can make along these lines? [more inside]
posted by SNWidget on Jul 4, 2009 - 17 answers

My parents want to go to an orchard to pick fruit this holiday weekend. Where could they go that's within ~100-mile radius of LA or Orange counties? [more inside]
posted by estherbester on Jun 30, 2009 - 5 answers

Where can I buy an unlined or lightweight men's linen jacket or similar like this for very hot, humid Kyoto summer? Must be worn with white dress shirt, tie and black pants. Degree of difficulty: 46L/XL and shipping to Japan. [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto on Jun 25, 2009 - 14 answers

Do cats get hayfever?
posted by cameronfromedinburgh on Jun 22, 2009 - 12 answers

Tell me of your favorite poem to welcome the summer. [more inside]
posted by jammy on Jun 19, 2009 - 13 answers

Help me devise an exercise/etc. plan for the summer combining at least some of the following ingredients: elliptical machine and/or DDR (i.e. cardio), weight training, one hundred pushups, core training, yoga, stretching, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, beginner salsa dance class, martial-arts class, racquetball. Also important: how to ease into it gradually so I don't get overwhelmed and quit. [more inside]
posted by Jacen Solo on Jun 15, 2009 - 12 answers

Help me be the greatest camp counselor in the history of summer camps! [more inside]
posted by definitely not a hipster. on Jun 11, 2009 - 14 answers

For the last several years I have seen an increase in young men (late teens to late twenties) wearing knit caps. Summer, Winter, the season doesn't seem to matter. My question is this. How and where did this "fashion statement" originate? And a secondary question would be, don't they get hot wearing those hats in the middle of the summer?
posted by Hanuman1960 on Jun 10, 2009 - 24 answers

Where can my friends and I go on a summer-long USA road trip in a similar vein to Burning Man or 24 Hours of LeMons? [more inside]
posted by jkoby on May 31, 2009 - 2 answers

Have you ever been to the beaches in the Charleston, SC, area in May? Is the water warm enough to swim in, and how clear is it (jellyfish? seaweed? etc)? Should we instead go further down the Atlantic coast to Tybee Island? Is our attempt to find a new beach hopeless? Should we just go back to the Redneck Riviera (read: Gulf Coast)?
posted by TheNewWazoo on May 18, 2009 - 14 answers

Where should I take 8 summer interns on an outing in Chicagoland? [more inside]
posted by mockjovial on May 18, 2009 - 7 answers

Summer Reading Filter: looking for great books NOT originally in English [more inside]
posted by maca on May 17, 2009 - 36 answers

On the cusp of every summer for the past couple of years, I made a list of books to read over the summer. But I have spectacularly failed to actually read, every single time. What do you, fellow-mefites, do to keep your noses buried in books and not be tempted by the beach, the bar or the intertubes? [more inside]
posted by Lucubrator on May 16, 2009 - 19 answers

In which you help me to compile the greatest Sunny 70s AM Radio Playlist The World Has Ever Known. [more inside]
posted by Senor Cardgage on May 12, 2009 - 55 answers

EconomyFilter: I'm a sixteen year old desperately needing a part-time or summer job. I can't help but feel bad taking away from those who really NEED it though. [more inside]
posted by seandq on May 7, 2009 - 54 answers

How do I go about finding housing in Beijing for the summer? [more inside]
posted by zhang.chuck on May 7, 2009 - 5 answers

How can I cool off my NY studio apartment this summer? Our building has central air conditioning, and while it's cold enough when I sit right next to the unit, the rest of the apartment gets boiling hot. During today's heat wave, when it was 82 outside, a thermometer sitting on the unit read 70 degrees. On the other side of the room, it was more like 75, and on the other side of of the apartment, almost 80. The building doesn't allow window air conditioners. This is making living here really uncomfortable -- what else can I do to cool this place off? [more inside]
posted by lsemel on Apr 28, 2009 - 29 answers

What are good summer drinks that are a) uncomplicated and b) not too high in calories? [more inside]
posted by A Terrible Llama on Apr 25, 2009 - 74 answers

How can I stop hating the summer, sun, the beach, and people who enjoy these things? [more inside]
posted by sully75 on Apr 22, 2009 - 57 answers

I'm graduating college next month and thinking about getting a part time job for the summer, then looking to get a full time job come September/October. Should I do this? [more inside]
posted by firei on Apr 9, 2009 - 12 answers

Linen suit wrinkle concern [more inside]
posted by patrad on Apr 6, 2009 - 11 answers

What should I wear on my feet this spring/summer? ... Not so much a fashion question, as a let's-keep-my-feet-under-me-and-my-bones-unbroken question. But a little fashion would be nice. [more inside]
posted by taz on Mar 31, 2009 - 22 answers

There's a beautiful, beautiful summer pop song I heard maybe five years ago, that supposedly either won a songwriting competition or came close, and now I can't find out for the life what it was - please help. [more inside]
posted by Ash3000 on Mar 20, 2009 - 4 answers

Where should I go for advice for dressing groomsmen and myself (the groom) for my summer wedding? [more inside]
posted by patrad on Mar 15, 2009 - 7 answers

I want to take up archery. Does anybody know any places in Southern Ontario, specifically in or near Toronto or Hamilton? [more inside]
posted by shoebox on Mar 12, 2009 - 4 answers

What are the best summer residential art programs in Philly for high school students? I'm looking into programs for my favorite 14-year-old (I'm a sort of aunt to her) for next summer. [more inside]
posted by desuetude on Mar 11, 2009 - 6 answers

I want to spend a month in the summer either horseback riding or hiking/camping with a pack mule somewhere in Europe. How do I go about this? [more inside]
posted by snoogles on Mar 11, 2009 - 6 answers

How can I make a perpetual iceberg in the shallow end of my friend's swimming pool for the summer? [more inside]
posted by Sully on Mar 5, 2009 - 30 answers

I'm a graduate student in NYC (social work) who is looking for a summer job. I saw this thread but it was written when the economy was much better! What is it that people will pay for in these times? I'm totally unsure what it is I should be looking for. I check Craigslist (jobs and gigs) almost every day, and have also done all the search engines. I thought that I'd just temp, but that seems unlikely given the financial situation. I'm great with kids, but I worry about making $8 working my butt off at a day camp. I'm on care.com and sittercity.com looking for babysitting gigs, but nothing's coming up! What is it that I could do?!
posted by iliketolaughalot on Mar 1, 2009 - 4 answers

A few years ago, Amnesty International (I think) ran an awareness campaign about child soldiers by putting up posters about a summer camp where they could send their kids to be tortured, molested, beaten, and taught how to use rifles. Where is it? [more inside]
posted by Phire on Feb 16, 2009 - 2 answers

Help me find an amazing summer program in documentary photography, digital storytelling, radio production, creative writing or journalism! [more inside]
posted by bonheur on Jan 23, 2009 - 9 answers

What do graduate students in the humanities do for summer jobs? I am a first year grad student in a philosophy program in the New York SUNY school system. I'm trying to start looking for summer jobs but I'm not really sure what I should be looking for as a grad student in the humanities. [more inside]
posted by coolguy#1 on Jan 14, 2009 - 12 answers

Help me put together a great summer themed dj set! [more inside]
posted by mannequito on Jan 8, 2009 - 18 answers

Are there apprenticeships (Blacksmith, Glass Blower, Luthier, etc.) anymore? How can I get one? Where should I look? [more inside]
posted by cmchap on Dec 16, 2008 - 15 answers

Why does my apartment feel colder in the winter than in the summer, when the thermostat reads the same? [more inside]
posted by chundo on Dec 11, 2008 - 21 answers

Summer teaching jobs in Portland? [more inside]
posted by puckish on Nov 27, 2008 - 1 answer