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HUmORIST HEIdI HALLER SHARES SOmE INSPIREd SUggESTIONS FOR
SUmmER FUN ON A SHOE-STRINg. By hEIDI haLLEr
There’s something about the word “summer” of fun for a little bitty price, check out the gone amuck, they do offer great games,
that just makes you want to smile....Thoughts following inspired ideas for cheap thrills on a spectacular Ferris Wheel view and a
of trips to the beach, backyard barbeques a shoestring budget. cotton candy-, caramel apple-, funnel
and the call of the great outdoors (as in, ‘get cake-induced sugar rush that will have
out here before the last batch of Margaritas is you feeling high for days!
gone!’) makes me feel so, well, carefree!
Summer Fun
Until this summer. ➍ LEAVINg LAS VEgAS
For me and others like me, these be
For The Frugal
Who needs the Strip when Pechanga,
challenging where difficult decisions about Pala and Harrah’s resort casinos are just
how we spend our money must be made: ➊ PICNIC IN TUSCANy a stone’s throw away? Play the slots all
Cable or car insurance? HOA dues or O.k. It may not be Italy or the South of day (you’d be amazed at how far a roll of
Happy Hour? TiVo or toilet paper? In fact, France, but Temecula does have some of nickels can go!), eat all you want at their
everywhere I turn these days it seems as if the best wineries in California and you never-ending buffet and relax poolside
there’s someone talking about cutting back don’t even have to leave town! So grab while soaking up the sun. What more
or going without. And while well-meaning a chunk of cheese, a loaf of bread and could you possibly want?…Except maybe
financial experts like Suze Orman advise “thou” and head for the vineyards. don’t to remember what level you parked your
us about saving for a rain day…I want to have a “thou” in your life? No worries. car on!
spend while the sun shines! girlfriends love to rise and wine!
Compromise and creativity is what’s ➎ VIRTUAL VACATION
needed to weather today’s financial storm. ➋ bUFF ANd bLUFF Stop by your local travel agency and
Take, for instance, the airlines whose fuel Rock your mani-pedi like a celebrity! pick-up a brochure on all the places
costs have gone up while their airfares Start by smuggling in a couple of you long to see. From Australia to
remain low. They’ve decided to start champagnes splits in your purse. Then, Africa, cruises to the Caribbean or
recouping costs by charging passengers while talking on your cell, grab one of exotic ports-of-call, pretend to plan
for things that used to be free—luggage, those trashy tabloids and start gossiping your dream vacation. Then, when you’re
blankets, headphones, oxygen masks— to a friend about your celebri-pals. done, add up all the money you saved
while trying to distract you with cheap Never remove your sunglasses and by not going! To some travelers, the
entertainment…like that “box thing” don’t leave a big tip…now you’re really best part of any trip is coming home…
they try to pass off as a meal…guaranteed a Hollywood diva! and now you can do just that without
to keep you laughing for hours! even losing your luggage!
I for one, plan to fully embrace this ➌ POOR mAN’S dISNEyLANd
time of the year by thinking creatively What’s summer without an old-fashioned Cheap thrills aside, if the desire to splurge
while staying within my budget. “Attention county fair? While there’s no Haunted still burns within you, don’t dismay.
K-Mart shoppers. Summer fun: aisle three!” Mansion and the closest thing they have Remember, that’s why movie theaters have
So, if you, too, are looking for a little bit to Splash Mountain is a drinking fountain buttered popcorn!
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