If there is a perfect summer weekend, I just had it. My daughter surprised my husband for Father’s Day with a visit, my sister-in-law joined the fun, and we had NOTHING on the agenda. We splashed around the pool, read novels, stopped in at the first Lyme Farmers’ Market of the season for comestibles (these yummy hand-pies are from Pursuit of Pastry’s booth), and mainly avoided technology. Unless you count TV as tech, because we did binge watch most of the new season of Queer Eye. And we ate awfully well: steaks on the grill, cucumber salad, and my semifamous and super easy cheese grits. Recipe below.

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