summer's guilty pleasures

I'm not talking about catching fireflies, while you're by yourself, and are of age 30-something.   Or walking barefoot through the cool evening grass (which is indeed very pleasurable).

I'm talkin' 'bout stuff that's so bad you just want someone to smack you and help you stop indulging.

Here we go -  I'm putting myself out there now, go ahead and slam me:

• Justin Timberlake, bringing sexy back.
• Fresh salsa - by the bucketful.  Mango salsa*, tomatillo salsa, salsa fresca, salsa cruda - it's all that and a bag of chips.  The guilty part of this is the bag of chips.  I have no business eating a bag of chips, even if they are organic.  And they're not a healthy dinner - although with the addition of yogurt, all food groups are represented.
• Summer siestas.  They're the BEST.  Of course the bad part is when they turn into a 3-hour drooling snore-fest, and when you use them as an excuse to avoid cleaning a very dirty house.
• Hot fudge sundaes from The Cup, with the real ice cream, real whipped cream, chocolate salty --- warm fudge, and the red dye #5 cherry. 
• Watching Kathy Griffin on The D-List. 
• Playing geeky word games online until 1:30 am.
• Eating marshmallows right out of the bag.  For breakfast.
• Rediscovering 38 Special's "Rockin' into the Night".

Oh the humiliation!

* recipe for Mango Salsa:

1 ripe mango, peeled and chopped + 1 little hot green pepper de-seeded and chopped + 1/4 chopped sundried tomatoes + 2 scallions, chopped + lime juice squirt + kosher salt + handful chopped cilantro.    Throw in a food processor.  Deeeelish.

Comments

[Average Jane]

Those sound like my kind of summer treats! (Except that I think I might forego Justin Timberlake in favor of someone a little louder and angrier.) I believe I may need to stop by the farmer's market and get salsa ingredients now that you've brought it up.

[natz]

not for nuthin...that new JT song is FUUUNNNNNNKKEEEEE!
Hard to believe it's him. In fact, let's just pretend it isn't.
BTW:
girrl...that salsa is the shiznit!