Five Things to Look Forward to in July

You made it another month!  Here are five things to look forward to in July . . .

1.  Amazon Prime Day is coming up . . . and it’s two days now, on July 15th and 16th.

2.  Some big movies hit theaters this month:  “Spider-Man: Far From Home” opens tomorrow.  The live-action “Lion King”comes out July 19th.  And Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” opens July 26th.

3.  The third season of “Stranger Things” hits Netflix this Thursday.  And two other big shows come back on July 26th: “Veronica Mars”, and the final season of “Orange Is the New Black”.  Also, July 21st is the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s moon-walk, so there are a bunch of specials.  And “Shark Week” starts July 28th.

4.  In sports:  Wimbledon gets started today . . . the U.S. Women’s Soccer team takes on England in the World Cup semi-final tomorrow . . . MLB All-Star week kicks off next Monday . . . the 2019 ESPYs are July 10th . . . and British Open coveragestarts July 14th.

5.  And finally, the holidays:  The big one is the Fourth of July this Thursday.  But there are a few other holidays where you might be able to score free food:

Free Slurpee Day at 7-Eleven is July 11th . . . National French Fry Day is July 13th . . . National Hot Dog Day is July 17th . . . and National Ice Cream Day is July 21st.