Summer cocktails

Summer cocktails

We don't need to tell you how hot it is, but maybe you do need some recommendations for cooling off. Lucky for us, the mixologists of Tucson are clever folks, giving us plenty of reasons to climb into a nice, cold highball glass. OK, that makes us sounds kind of sad. But we are kind of sad, because of the triple-digit temperatures.

Here, bartender Dena Elble serves up elle's cactus vodka-rita ($9). Read on for plenty of summer refreshment suggestions.