{"id":6264,"date":"2014-07-13T17:20:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T00:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=6264"},"modified":"2014-07-13T17:20:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T00:20:27","slug":"how-to-recharge-your-summer-see-you-at-festa-italiana-in-milwaukee-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2014\/07\/13\/how-to-recharge-your-summer-see-you-at-festa-italiana-in-milwaukee-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Recharge Your Summer &#124; 7 Summer Activities You Should Try"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2010 art of living, PrimaMedia, Inc.\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\n<strong>A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nJust about half over..summer that is\u2026and&nbsp; time to recharge your summer before it is all gone. Here are some fun things to do to put the spark back into (what is left of) Summer&#8230;but quick before it is gone!<br \/>\n*Eat a meal (or two) al fresco..there is nothing like it. Keep it uncomplicated, make it fresh!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/frutta-di-mare-con-pesto.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5934\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/frutta-di-mare-con-pesto.jpg?resize=550%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"frutta-di-mare-con-pesto.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n*Visit a&nbsp; local farm market and purchase fresh summer produce. Summer gives us fresh produce like no other season..don&#8217;t miss&nbsp; the taste of freshly picked summer blueberries, strawberries, peaches, tomatoes and corn. The fresh taste will dazzle your taste buds.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/davidsons-exotic-mushrooms.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"davidsons exotic mushrooms\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/davidsons-exotic-mushrooms_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"davidsons exotic mushrooms\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n*Visit one of the summer county fairs held throughout the country. A great way to experience local food finds and local regional specialties.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/campagna-damico-circo-massimo-roma-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"campagna damico circo massimo roma 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/campagna-damico-circo-massimo-roma-2_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"campagna damico circo massimo roma 2\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n*Get an ice cream maker and make your own fresh ice cream or gelato! Nothing like it. I just made a fresh&nbsp; blueberry gelato with local blueberries..all I can say is mmmmmmm!<br \/>\n*Try berry picking at a local farm..it is a fun but also educational thing to do with the kids.but you can do it yourself or friends as well.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/strawberries-from-trentino-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"strawberries from trentino 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/strawberries-from-trentino-2_thumb.jpg?resize=244%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"strawberries from trentino 2\" width=\"244\" height=\"184\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n*Make a blueberry, raspberry&nbsp; or strawberry pie or crostata with those fresh berries. If you make a vanilla ice cream or gelato this makes the perfect accompaniment<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/torte-principe-eugenio-150x150-21.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5964\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/torte-principe-eugenio-150x150-21.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"torte-principe-eugenio-150x150-21\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n*Lastly, if you have never been to the largest Italian-American celebration in the USA, July 18-20- help me celebrate all things Italian at my appearance at Festa Italiana in Milwaukee Wisconsin. I will be appearing on the Celebrity Chef stage \u2026but it is a 3 day fun filled fest of everything Italian- music, food, entertainment. The Festa is held along the lake and every night ends with an authentic Italian fireworks display! If you&nbsp; are in the Milwaukee area from July 17-20 visit one of my upcoming events there to celebrate Festa and please stop by Festa! Here is more info on Festa and all the events! <a title=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/wtmj-appearance-for-festa-italiana\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/wtmj-appearance-for-festa-italiana\/\">https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/wtmj-appearance-for-festa-italiana\/<\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Special FESTA OFFER to all my subscribers and readers:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>***RECEIVE 2 FREE TICKETS TO FESTA: If you stop by one of my other appearances in Milwaukee and purchase&nbsp; a copy of any of my books you will receive 2 free tickets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/wtmj-appearance-for-festa-italiana\/\">Festa!<\/a><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe recipes for all my events in Milwaukee Wisconsin will be from my book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Da Vinci Style<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rsz_1front_cover1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rsz_1front_cover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/rsz_1front_cover_thumb1.jpg?resize=188%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rsz_1front_cover\" width=\"188\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>copyright 2010 art of living, PrimaMedia, Inc.\/Maria Liberati A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb &nbsp; Just about half over..summer that is\u2026and&nbsp; time to recharge&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-tos","category-life-hacks"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}