On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:22:23 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:


>>Living here is rather like the reverse of living in your climate. As many
>midwesterners and easterners spend much of their winter hours indoors, so
>we do with the really hot summer hours. Early morning and evening are
>quite enjoyable outside, even when the peak temperature of the day has been
>110-120°F.

Isn't that the basis of the siesta? Stay indoors and take a nap
during the hottest part of the day...then go out in the evening and
have a late dinner. The Spanish do it all the time..

Christine