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Your pup will love this summertime treat. Dog-friendly popsicles help keep dogs cool when temperatures rise. Get the recipe on the Etsy blog.

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Svetlana Zakharova (Bolshoi Ballet) rehearsing for “ Strokes Through The Tail”, choreography by Marguerite Donlon from “Amore”

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Actress Jessie Mueller of “Waitress” performs onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City

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Lana Del Rey - West Coast (ZHU Remix) / maffashion (by Juliett Kuczynska)

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‘come with me, Ilona. come with me, cherie.’

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In the musical of my life after I’m long gone, my wife Vanessa is going to be the one who steps forward as the hero. Vanessa is not particularly fond of musicals—she only likes good ones. She is not effusive in her praise, or boastful. But when I looked up from that Chernow book and said “I think this is a hip-hop musical,” she didn’t laugh, or roll her eyes. She just said, “That sounds cool.” And that was all I needed to get started. As I fell in love with the idea of a love triangle between Eliza, Alexander, and Angelica, she said, “Can you have Angelica rap? That would be cool.”

I am someone who is so averse to travel that I wrote a whole musical about not wanting to leave my block in Washington Heights. It was Vanessa who booked us trips and time away from New York. “You don’t get any writing done here because life keeps popping up.” Thanks to her, Hamilton was written in Mexico, Spain, Nevis, Sagaponack, St. Croix, Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic—long trips where Vanessa would take me there and then leave me alone to write while she explored. She is my first audience, and she’s a tough audience, so I know if I impress her I’ve cleared the highest possible bar. She’ll come home from work and say, “Your king tune was stuck in my head all day—that’s probably a good sign.” This started out as a note trying to explain how my wife really is the ‘best of wives and best of women,’ but I’m trying to get at something more important—this show simply doesn’t exist without Vanessa. It’s a love letter to her.