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How Cadence Does Summer Right

The team reveals how they beat the heat when the days get hot

It’s late July, and we’re in the midst of a heat wave that is pushing temps close to 100°F every day. Meanwhile, persistent inflation and rising interest rates have the industry on red alert for an economic cooldown, which is enough to give anyone the chills.

Whatever the forecast for the markets may be, we’re making the most of our hot summer days. Here’s how the team gets our thrills and chills on the hottest days of the year.

Dog on a paddleboard on a mountain lake.

Kay Stallworthy

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Up in Vail hiking and paddle boarding with my family.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Head to the pool with lots of sunscreen.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
Ice cream from Sweet Cow and/or a Dark and Stormy.

Frozen daquiri with a lime garnish on a white table with a pink background.

William Rothacker, Jr.

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Santa Monica beach + cocktails

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Hide in the basement with AC blasting until nighttime

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
Daiquiri (blended)

Moscow mule in a silver goblet.

Lucy Dinneen

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Weekend jaunts exploring new places via bike or by foot, or both.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
A weekend up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
Moscow Mule in silver goblets that stay cold.

Chocolate chip ice cream.

Dave Runberg

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Hiking in the mountains where the temperature is always ~ 15 degrees cooler than in Denver.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Go to the mountains whenever my schedule allows.  It’s amazing how cool the temperature is at 9,000 feet elevation.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
It’s impossible to beat a very cold and very large glass of water with a strawberry-lemonade Nuun electrolyte tablet.  As for more solid food, is anything better than chocolate chip ice cream?

Mountain biking in the desert.

Drew Willock

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Individually, I love to get up early, before it’s too hot, and go for any form of bike ride, but mainly a grueling mountain bike climb and descent. Taking the few hours to do this really clears my head. I could be in a terrible headspace and the first 10 minutes of the ride I’ll be thinking all kinds of unnecessary or unhelpful things, but once the ride gets tough, I have to fully focus on what I’m doing. An hour later, those things that were so prominent in my head are now firmly located somewhere that I can’t reach, and I’m a different person, a more joyful person. As a family, we love to head to the mountains and go for a paddle on our SUPs, sit on the lanai and look at Lake Dillon and go for walks in downtown Frisco.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Go somewhere that isn’t 100+ degrees?  We have a pool in our neighborhood and taking a nice cool swim always helps on a hot day. I also love to go fly fish, as it may still be hot, but at least you have cool water splashing all around.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
We love cocktails in the evenings.  The summertime is not a time for heavy, boozy bourbon or whisky drinks. It’s a time for the lighter side. So we try to mix it up with lots of citrus and often make it less boozy by adding soda water and maybe even some herbs from the garden. A good Bees Knees, Harvey Wallbanger, Tom Collins or Gin Fizz really hits the spot and keeps scurvy at bay! Cheers!

Mother with baby at the Denver Aquarium.

Kim Pendergast

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
I like hanging out with friends, and enjoying some BBQ while enjoying good music. Now that I’m a mom, we’ve been enjoying the zoo and aquarium.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
I stay home and catch up on shows/movies OR I’ll find a good Happy Hour. That’s always a fun way to be out but in, save a little, and enjoy some tasty food.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
We live 2 blocks away from Little Man Ice Cream in LoHi, and it has become a family favorite excuse to get out of the house, no matter what weather we are in. I love their Colorado Float!

Watermelon slices.

Pavlina Tobolova

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Camping up in the mountains, away from the crowded city with no phone service and a place to let my dogs be dogs.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Either staying in the nice chilled indoors or hitting the pool with a floating tube and pack of cold beers.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
Chilled vodka-soaked watermelon is never a wrong answer.

Volleyball players in Washington park, Denver.

Ryan Beckmann

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
I love a day at Wash Park with friends playing volleyball with a nice cold beverage. Nothing beats an after-park bbq for dinner!

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
If the temp is above 100 you can find me poolside or hiding from the heat in AC.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
An Aperol spritz with extra ice is a great drink to keep you cool on a hot day!

Starbucks Frappucino on a wooden tabletop.

Amie Lonergan

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Camping with family and friends, somewhere remote with a great view of the stars at night.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Either head for the mountains to camp, or to my basement where it stays extra cool and put on my favorite show.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
I love a Starbucks Frappuccino when it gets hot.

Father holding a newborn baby at a table.

Daniel Allen

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
Hiking in the mountains and Jazz in the Park (if it’s not too hot).

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Nothing like some spicy Thai food and ice cream to cool you off.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
Being a new dad, anything with caffeine or sugar will do. This summer has been all about cold brew and Bomb Pops. And IPAs.

Mountain meadows in Colorado's high country.

Brent Teske

What’s your favorite way to spend a summer weekend?
In the summer, most of the weekends I can be found hiking all over Colorado.

How do you cool down when the temperature breaks 100°F?
Lots of the hikes are up in the mountains which are relatively cool. At home reading by the pool or with the A/C going. Try to avoid the outdoor labor intensive work.

What’s your favorite chilled beverage or frozen treat when the weather gets hot?
Fruit smoothies.