Welcome back, everybody!!! Summer is fast approaching and we here at Player Highlife realize that it's good to be able to live the life of the rich & the famous if you have the means. But more importantly, we also realize that some of the greatest pleasures in life come from the things that take very little money or no money at all to do. It's just being able to spend time with your family or your best friends. It's going out on a road trip, a baseball game, or a concert. Even throwing a wild-ass party that people talk about for months to come!!! It's those memories and those relationships that make for the human experience. When we all look back at our lives when it's all said & done, we're not gonna think about how much money we have, or even how many power moves we've made. At the end of the day, it's all about the memories and the people we've shared them with...
So, to help illustrate this point, this entry of Player Highlife will talk about 5 things that do not cost much $ at all to help you enjoy the summer of 2011!!! Let's get it done!
1) iPod Touch
For anybody that wants to cruise the streets or the open highway this summer, you've gotta have a soundtrack, right? Hahaha! There's no better feeling than when you're cruising in your car by yourself (or with friends) with the top down and ready to hit it hard! Well, with an iPod Touch, you can load all of your favorite songs (via iTunes) and with an iPod adaptor, plug it in to your stereo and let it rock!!!
2) GPS device
One of the best things about hitting the open road is that it is completely spontaneous and there's a certain amount of freedom involved with it. The only bad thing is when you actually get lost, haha! It can be a heck of a time trying to get back on course!
Fortunately, the Garmin nüvi 2350LMT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator is the perfect device for you when you & your loved ones are out on road adventures.
Sunlight-readable, 4.3-inch backlit TFT color touchscreen display with 480 x 272 WQVGA pixel resolution
Free lifetime map and traffic updates help you steer clear of traffic and always have the most up-to-date map data
Advanced navigation features including voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, lane assist, fuel-saving ecoRoute
Smart features like trafficTrends historical traffic and myTrends predictive routing help you get there on time
Includes travel tools such as JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock, currency/measurement converters, calculator and more
480 x 272 pixels; WQVGA color TFT with white backlight
Easy-to-use 4.3 in. enhanced touchscreen interface
High sensitivity GPS receiver
Includes lifetime traffic and mapping updates
Preloaded with City Navigator NT for North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico)
3) lots of summertime food & drinks
What's summer without some good food and drinks (alcoholic & soft)? There's nothing better than to sit around and grill some food out at a barbecue or to have a picnic with the love of your life! Some of the no-brainer essentials are hot dogs, burgers, sausage, steak, & shish kabobs. Also, foods like egg salad, cole slaw, fruits such as mangos, watermelon, cantaloupe, apple, oranges, and other make a delightful treat!!!
As far as drinks, whether liquor is your poison or you just like to stick to the light stuff, nothing is better than to have that cool drink to help us to relax & to take in the summer!!! One of our personal favorites at Player Highlife is the smoothie. Do a Google search and find recipes for different types of smoothies that might interest you!!!
For those of us that absolutely can't live without alcohol (haha), nothing beats a cooler full of beer, mixed drinks, or wine coolers. Go to your favorite supermarket or liquor store, and find a 24 pack of beer or grab a party pack (Bacardi & Smirnoff make them) and get crazy!
4) an awesome concert
Promoters know when it is time to start up the new concert season and that is in the summertime. 2011 should prove to be a great concert season. Some of the artists that are going on tour this summer will be:
Katy Perry (California Dreams Tour)
Taylor Swift (Speak Now Tour)
Lady Gaga
Kenny Chesney (Goin' Coastal Tour)
Kid Rock (Born Free Tour)
Linkin Park
New Kids on the Block & Backstreet Boys (NKOTBSB Tour)
Sade
Ke$ha
5) The people that you love & care about the most!
Finally, the one thing that can't be bought; the one thing that means more than anything, is to be around the people that mean the most to you and create some memories of your own! There's something about the summertime that allows a person to be more free. Maybe it's the sun always shining, or the hot weather, or the fact that people are wearing less clothing (or a combination of them all)! Take lots of pictures & video, go out and live it up, and most importantly, have fun!!!
"Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away."
- Will Smith from the motion picture "Hitch"
Live well...it's the best revenge.
