For many of us, the memory of required childhood essays about how we spent our summer vacations remains vivid. While summer essays are no longer required for us, our team opted for a bit of proactive nostalgia by sharing a few of our summer plans before a single beach footprint, cracking of book spines or scheduling of an Airbnb, is attempted. 

Logan Thompson

I’m escaping the East Coast heat to visit Colorado for the first time. I can’t wait to see the mountains out west! My other summer plans include attending my brother and sister-in-law’s baby shower, going to my parents’ beach house, searching for a wedding dress and channeling the early-2000s at a Hilary Duff concert. 

Bianca Pell

I’m planning to see Ariana Grande in concert for the first time before joining my family for a much-needed beach vacation afterward. Otherwise, I’ll be taking advantage of the few months of sunshine in Massachusetts by celebrating the 4^th of July on a trip with friends. 

Kate Glaviano

Other than a few pre-planned, small excursions this summer, I’m hoping to keep things pretty calm. My family and I are going to see singer-songwriter Tyler Childers in concert in July. I’m also planning to tackle some backyard projects with my mom, to enjoy plenty of park days with friends and to spend some downtime at home in between. 

Liz Rubino

Summer fun starts with our annual family getaway to the beach. It’s always a great time! We also have a trip planned to visit Canada with our good friends. Otherwise, we are looking forward to seeing our friends and enjoying lots of lobster.

Mike Madry

This summer is going to be very wedding-heavy for me. I have three on the books, all of which are taking place in my home state of Pennsylvania. My brother is attending all of them, so it will be awesome to get to spend some time with him.

Cassidy Taylor

Starting July 1, new Mom Cassidy Taylor will be returning to work. She will, of course, also be sharing several firsts with Baby Jackson this year along with her husband, Matt. This includes baby’s first fireworks display celebrating the 250^thanniversary of American Independence. 

John Forberger

Next weekend we will be attending the first-ever Major League Pickleball tournament in St. Petersburg. The host facility, opened by a friend, is called St. Pete Athletic, and 60 top pros in North America, including the phenom Anna Leigh Waters, will be there. And yeah, I know the names of pickleball pros as any good South Florida resident should.

Paul Eagle

This July I’ll be headed to Austin, Texas to celebrate my son Austin’s birthday. (Yes, that is his name.) The rest of the summer will consist of smaller get-aways to swim in Lake Tahoe, eat oysters in San Francisco, hike with our dog, Angus, at Scott’s Flat Lake and tackle two new rock biographies, including Sing Backwards and Weep, the Mark Lanegan Story, and Even The Good Girls Will Cry, A 90’s Rock Memoir by Melissa Aug Der Mauer.

Eileen Coyne

Every summer my family vacations with close family friends at the Jersey Shore. With six boys between the two families, it’s always a fun adventure. Though the sandcastle-building days may be behind us, no one seems to age out of jumping from the dock into the bay with the occasional “Watch this, mom!”

Rod Hughes

With the big event being my brother’s beach wedding in late July at the Jersey Shore, the rest of our plans this summer are low-key by comparison. Ron Chernow’s biography of Mark Twain continues to call to me from my bedside table as a must-complete summer project. I’ll need to find one more to maintain parity with Paul Eagle’s summer reading list. The rest of the calendar will be filled with coffee and lunch meetups with friends. From all of us at Kimball Hughes PR, we wish you an enjoyable summer!