MONTHLY REVIEW: June

Another great month here at ZONINO! In case you missed something or just need a reminder of how great June was, here's your June recap:

MUSIC

We started off with a semi-blast from the past with the Trisha Yearwood's cover of Rosanne Cash's Seven Year Ache.

Feeling summery? Get a little Hawai'i flavor with Jack Johnson inspired soul pop from Ahuhea.

Check out our favorite country music up-and-comer, Sarah Lou Richard's myspace page.

Get addicted to the sound that seemingly all the prime time drama's already have and give Brett Dennen a listen!

We got in to Nashville rockers Kings of Leon and so should you!

One of the most addictive and impressive debuts in a while, Britain continues to export quality musicians with the grooving sounds of James Morrison and his debut album Songs For You, Truths For Me.

Sing-songwriters will relish in the raw beauty of soul of me, the newest album from Massachusetts native Rebecca Correia.

Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses continue to impress with the raspy, raw, and real sound of country music on Roadhouse Sun.

MOVIE

Feeling like the movies out now lack a little culture? Immerse yourself in the class and style of BBC's original production of the Jane Austen classic Pride & Prejudice.

No? Then check out one of the most recent films worthy of a view - the new to DVD The International.

BOOKS

Or...you know, you could just read the aforementioned Pride & Prejudice. You'll look pretty smart on the morning train!

RECIPE

Only one book this month, huh? We must have been too busy stuffing our faces...

Have an unforgettable summer picnic with a sad apple pizza and some strawberry spinach summer salad followed by some infamous PB Max cookies and maybe some raspberry topping sauce on a little scoop of ice cream!

TRAVEL & EAT OUT

Or you could take a Great Lakes road trip and visit Chicago's Coast Sushi, then head up Hwy I-94 and stop in Eau Claire, WI, for some coffee and bread pudding at the Grand Avenue Coffee Cafe, and continue on to the beautiful inland port city of Duluth for some tortilla-wrapped goodness (and beers) at Burrito Union.

Or, you know, you could just head down to the bizarro world of Dinosaur Kingdom in Natural Bridge, Virginia.

WEB & YOUTUBE

After all your traveling from above you'll definitely have tons of ZONINO!-worthy photos to show your friends. Don't show us though, unless you use Animoto, of course!

Did you check out precocious little Lucy Leith at Lemon Squared*? That'll make you feel a little worthless at your job, yeah?

We were definitely amused this month online!

Kristen Chenoweth brought her stage genius to her cabaret performance of "If" from the 1951 musical Two On The Aisle.

Vince and his quotable antics made us seriously question the validity of the Slap Chop! food chopper. (It's real!)

Jake and Amir reminded us both that 1) we are not that funny and 2) it's possible to waste more time at work than we do.

The Do-Re-Mi Spontaneous Dance Performance in Antwerp had us smiling like fools at the computer screen.

And finally, we paid tribute to the passing of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, with an appropriate dance performance of our favorite MJ tune, P.Y.T. by the Jabbawockeez dance group.

WORD...

Would it be notional of us to say that June was ZONINO! but July will be definitely not be acrid in comparison!

Oh yeah...Go get yourself a pair of TOMS Shoes and check back soon!