Heat Analysis
The days are warm and the house I live in (built in the 20s) holds the heat all through the night. More than once I've found myself falling asleep laying on my bed as a result of the sheer weight of a hot evening. This isn't Texas heat, but it's not to be dismissed either. Texas is a round heat, it shines down and warms you up. It makes you uncomfortable but it doesn't ever hurt. Texas heat doesn't sting.
California heat-- at its height-- burns bright and painful. Without a range of humidity to spread the effect, california heat focuses into a sharp point and stings one's skin with all one hundred degrees of the mercury. It's not August yet so the sun isn't at it's peak in California, but the nightly temperature this week has been notable nonetheless.
Heat combatants: gin, limes, pistachios, cracked ice cubes, umbrellas, windows rolled down.
--Posted 06/01/01 12:47PM