Portable fans. Running uninvited through lawn sprinklers. Spending lots of time in the frozen food aisle.

All of those can help you survive the dog days of summer.

But probably not as well as booze and ice can.

Which brings us to The Many Faces of Frozen Alcohol, a slideshow that explores the various ways that bartenders around town are turning snow cones, shave ice, ice cream and, well, slush into cocktails.

In other words, it explores all that is right with the world.

Take a look at it here.