By Richard Gorelick The Baltimore Sun

2:00 p.m. EDT, June 19, 2012
Summer arrives at 7:09 p.m on Wednesday. Hilariously, 98 degree weather is due to arrive at the exact same time.

June 20 is National Vanilla Milkshake Day. It just is. How about an Abbey Burger Bistro shake made with Gifford's vanilla ice cream, Berger cookies, Stoli vanilla and Godiva liqueur? Or you could take on the six-pound milkshake Chick & Ruth's Delly in Annapolis, part of the restaurants Man Vs. Food Challenge. (There's a one-pound burger, too.)

Pictures: Great Maryland milkshakes

Or, you could head to a participating Rita's, where regular size Rita's Italian Ices are $2 all day long on June 20. Price does not include sales tax.