Summer ain’t over but I’m already pining for lazy days. The last two weekends have been a blur of hurricane prep and storm anxiety. My father, step-mother, sister, brother-in law and uncle live in Louisiana and were all in Ida’s path this weekend. It’s Monday morning at 7am and I’m taking a much needed break from Jim Cantori to write this. Hoping everyone is safe and sound and that New Orleans and surrounding areas did not suffer too much damage.

Plus a little reminder that everything we’ve written about also lives on our website. If you missed a week or two (or three) this summer, you can catch up on what’s new there: www.theelist.com.

Love, Erica

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