Online - July 27, 2006

The Weekend Guide

What to Do This Weekend

It’s getting hot in here. You got to cool it down. Now bust a move.

DO
Travel Green
What: Google Maps and Earth Day Network have teamed up to create an environmentally friendly vacation guide to hotels, activities, and restaurants in San Francisco, Orlando, L.A., and New York.
Why: You’re so down to earth.
Where: Online at google.com. 

DRINK
Dry Soda
What: Refreshing new nonalcoholic bevies (flavors like lavender and lemongrass) meant to be paired with food in the same vein as wine.
Why: You’re already high on life.
Where: Online at drysoda.com. 

BUY
Castle Bundt Cake
What: Bake sweets with architectural prowess.
Why: More satisfying than building one out of sand.
Where: Online at nordicware.com.

HEAR
Highway Companion
What: Tom Petty’s new album (the first in twelve years) is perfect for your next road trip.
Why: The waiting is the hardest part.
Where: Online at amazon.com. 

SEE
Little Miss Sunshine
What: A dysfunctional clan piles into the family truckster to make their way to a beauty pageant for their 7-year-old daughter.
Why: Two words: Steve Carell.
Where: Tickets at moviefone.com.