The changing of the seasons always comes at the exact right time for me – I think it was planned that way. So I’m savoring these last few weeks of summer’s sun and long days before autumn greets us.

I made an unofficial guide to the summer, but I love nothing if not a good list, so here are some more plans I hope to squeeze in before September 23rd:

• paddle board in the marina
• watch a movie under the stars at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• see the stars at Griffith Observatory
• hit up a carnival
• picnic at the Hollywood Bowl
• sip cocktails by the pool
• listen to a free twilight concert at the Santa Monica Pier
• take Kipling to the dog beach
• visit the zoo
• scour a flea market

Summer is the best, isn’t it? But so is fall and winter and Christmas and HOLY COW, life can be amazing.

-wonderland sam