I was in Orlando on vacation last week (yep, 9 year old daughter, time to do the Disney thing...with in-laws living there, we get to do it on the cheap...and after seeing the prices, it's the only way we could ever do it).  Never got into the 90s while we were there.

Now to the question: I still sit on the front porch of my early 20th century suburban bungalow.  And wonderfully enough, we still have neighbors that walk by, all the time.  And we know their names.  How very retro.  

We also yell across the street to each other from porch to porch insisting that they come over to our porch and have a gin and tonic, now that it's G&T weather.  Thanks to my swill skill still able to fill the bill, the rush is on.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh....
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Dan Becker, Exec. Dir., RHDC
Raleigh Historic Districts Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From:   Mary Krugman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   June 7, 1999 11:35 PM
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Subject:        Whew, it's 97 Degrees in Newark NJ ...

.. and I am wondering where my Mint Julep is!

So, what did people do in the 19th C to keep cool? I know what we did, before
A/C. We sat out on the front porch in big wicker furniture and watched the
neighbors walk uptown to the ice cream parlor (ancient times... the 1950s). I
still sit out on my front porch (c. 1910 -- the porch, not me...) to catch
the evening breeze, but no neighbors are going by. They are all inside with
their A/C. Too bad. Nothing like a soft evening breeze to relieve the
memories of the hot day.

Now, if I only had one of those cute little frosty silver cups filled with a
sprig of mint and....? Gosh, I can never remember what they put in a Mint
Julep... maybe I'll get me a Starbucks Frappacino instead.

-- One Hot Toddy