The 36 Absolute Best Things About Brooklyn in the Summer

1) Showering before bed and drying off juuust enough to be clammy.
2) Finishing a Mister Softee vanilla soft serve with a chocolate dip with no mess and no drip on a hot day, the work of champions, the sport of kings.
3) Dressing up for the Mermaid Day Parade, the only day in Brooklyn where families and naked people (and sometimes families of naked people) gather together to celebrate the MAJESTY OF THE SEA.
4) Forgetting just how difficult it is to get a watermelon to soak up that whole handle