Sizzling Summer Survival requires both technology and creativity. Because the summer of 2025 has been especially challenging, both of these have been indispensable. Most of us have air conditioning. So I really empathize for those who don’t. That would be the end of me.
There are other challenges that range from hardly any challenge. Then there are those that require some financial buffer. Let’s discuss the easier first. The main component of sizzling summer survival is cooling off. Food Plays a large role in this. In the US, ice cream plays a large role. But in China. there is a food that is actually considered a medicine for cooling. cooling watermelon from https://www.meandqi.com/herb-database/watermelon
An additional alternative to sizzling summer survival is to not go out at all. Hibernate in the A/C. This has become almost completely possible with the advent of INSTACART. Apparently I am a latecomer. I has been around for a dozen years. But I just discovered it out of necessity. Since my husband had triple bypass surgery. I am not sure how much longer he will not be able to drive. It has already been a few weeks. Without my knowledge INSTACART has come into my stratosphere. Not wanted to over burden friends, I had to find an option.
About Instagram on Wikipedia“Maplebear Inc.,[3] doing business as Instacart, is an American retail media and delivery company based in San Francisco that operates a grocery delivery and pick-up service in the United States and Canada accessible via a website and mobile app.[5] It allows customers to order groceries, and alcohol where legal, from participating retailers with the shopping being done by a personal shopper, who picks, packs, and delivers the order within the customer’s designated time frame.[6][7][8]
The company offers service from over 1,800 retailers covering more than 100,000 grocery stores, and works with over 7,000 consumer packaged goods brands.[9][10][11][12][13] Alcohol delivery is available from 600 retail banners that span more than 23,000 stores across North America.[14][15][16][17]
Instacart reaches nearly 98% of SNAP households, offering delivery services from nearly 180 retail banners, including ALDI, Food Lion, Publix, The Save Mart Companies and Walgreens, spanning more than 30,000 stores across all 50 states and Washington D.C.[18] Since its founding, Instacart Marketplace has powered more than $100 billion of GTV and over 900 million orders with approximately 20 billion items ordered.[19]”
