it's not the heat... oh, wait, i guess it is.

[jazzfish]

The Tomatoes Are Coming: "I should have taken a clue from the fact that the national chains were all selling little ordinary wire tomato cages, but our local garden store sold only these scary thick reinforced wire tomato cages that came in two sizes: wolverine and bear."

This is why I'll never be an adult, on the off chance that there's still someone somewhere out there who does not understand where "Clean ALL the things!" (or, alternately, "Clean ALL the things?") comes from.

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This has been the worst summer I've lived through, at least in terms of temperature. (The food's been excellent: in the last three weeks I've eaten at La Sandia four times, Zengo twice, and the conveyor-belt sushi in Tysons once.)

And for once I'm actually doing something about it. Sort of. uilos and I were originally kicking around places to go that weren't quite so warm. My favorite of these plans involved flying down to Tierra del Fuego for a long weekend to see penguins; We scrapped this one once we realised that it would take a full day to fly down there and a full day to fly back. So we're pretty much stuck with places that are Warm. Stupid northern hemisphere, having summer at the same time all over.

Anyway, after some discussion we're heading down to Key West over the last weekend in August. It'll still be Warm, but less stiflingly humid, and surrounded by water that I can jump into to cool down. (One snorkeling excursion is already planned for Satyrday.)

(Also, over Labor Day I'm heading out to Seattle to visit nixve, but since that happens in September it feels less like something done to fight the heat.)

Comments

[sorcyress]

Man, Alys does the "Clean ALL the things!?" face with a pouty lower lip better than anyone else. It's tragic and makes me burst out laughing every time.

~Sor

[jazzfish]

I could totally see that. Awesome.

[pictsy.livejournal.com]

Once in a while I freak out about the homeownership thing and all the maintenance and cleaning and yard work, but then I think about the fact that the house was vacant for a year. I might not be the best homeowner, but apparently I could do squat for a while and it would still be okay.

[jazzfish]

Yeah, I think houses, like small children, are a lot more resilient than people tend to give them credit for.

[plumbob78.insanejournal.com]

How is that conveyor belt sushi place? All I know is that it hasn't killed anyone, since it's still open, but I am kind of frightened of it, because it's such an open and gimmicky place.

[jazzfish]

It /is/ gimmicky, like all conveyor-belt sushi places. The sushi itself is only okay; you're really going for the Experience. Also, for the asparagus/red-pepper rolls, which are quite good.

[sometimerose.livejournal.com]

63 degrees here in Seattle today... Just saying...

[jude.livejournal.com]

drat, that means you won't be out for House Hotting. enjoy Seattle tho. :)

[jazzfish]

Oh, believe me, I am /well/ aware. Pretty much every time I bring up WUnderground to look at the McLean or DC temps (oh joy, a week in the nineties!) I check out Vancouver BC as well. Because "clearn and upper sixties" sounds to me like perfectly reasonable weather for high summer.

[jazzfish]

Sadly true. That was absolutely my backup plan if Seattle had gotten crowded out of the schedule, though, as seemed exceptionally likely for a little while. Will just have to come out to visit some other time. :)

[marcmagus]

If your travel plans allow, we'd love to have you guys visit while you're sort of in the area.

[jazzfish]

Right, we /do/ know someone down in that part of the world. Sadly we've only got an hour layover in Miami on the way down, and a two-hour one (at lunchtime) on the way back. If you'd care to drive the, mm, looks-like-an-hour to the Miami airport and enjoy a delicious airport-food-court lunch around quarter past noon, it'd be great to see you! But I can totally understand that not being the most compelling of invitations.

[jude.livejournal.com]

yes please!

[nixve.livejournal.com]

I had not understood where "Clean ALL the things!" came from! But now I do, thank you. :)

[jazzfish]

:) Happy to assist.