Recipe

From the Epic Cookbook:
A Perfect M.Lane Vacation

Do not plan to do it until the day before you start it.
No travel.
Son out of school.

Sunny days.
Sultry nights.

Declare a blackberry free zone.
Stay up late.
Sleep late.

Write.
Read.
Play.

Wear linen.
Have chicken salad sandwiches and melon with a bottle of Tavel Rose. Outdoors.

Cook.
No home projects. [Ok, minimal home projects.]

Visit a tourist attraction in your town you have never been to before.
Go to a coffee joint and just sit around.

Talk with your spouse about everything except family business.

Go to matinee movies.
Rent cool looking foreign films on DVD and actually watch them instead of leaving them lying about until the rental goons call demanding them back.

Wear that madras sportcoat with wrinkled khakis.
Drink dark rum and soda with lime.
Watch someone play jazz.

Laugh.
Recharge.

Mix. Repeat. Enjoy.