A world of difference

It's amazing how even just a 10-degree drop in temperature can make all the difference in making the great outdoors pleasant again. It was beautiful in the park today, and even the joggers didn't annoy me like they did earlier this week when it was much hotter and more humid.

They were setting up the stage in the North Lawn for an upcoming free concert by the New York Philharmonic, just another perk of living in this great city.

I will be attending, with a blanket, a blonde and a bottle (an amusing little Beringer Stone Cellars chardonnay, delightfully chilled).

But, hey, my husky right-wing friend who occasionally comments in Too Saucy also has a big night ahead of him down in Hooterville, where he lives. I hear they are changing the flavor of the Frostee-Freeze machine in the local Piggily Wiggily. The whole town will be gathering at 7 for the unveiling. I'm betting it's Raspberry Delite.

Good times.