Another Summer Tidbit

The August issue of Gourmet includes a lovely supplement that's chock full of memoir-style food essays by the likes of Pat Conroy, Calvin Trillin and infamous roadfood junkies Jane and Michael Stern. My favorite line in the whole issue comes from bestselling Bel Canto author Ann Patchett, with this lovely line about summer vacations:

I think the best vacation is the one that relieves you of your own life temporarily and then makes you long for it again.

(Sunset photo taken by yours truly at Donegal Bay, Beaver Island, Michigan)