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" \u2022 &amp;quot;I was the lucky child who had parents and a grandmother with screened porches,&amp;quot; says designer David Easton, whose veranda in Haverstraw, New York, is shown above. &amp;quot;The entire family sat there talking, playing cards, watching the evening light. It was such a part of my life, I have included porches in the houses we have built, and one will be included in my new modular house.&amp;quot;  \u2022 Actress Julianna Margulies gets nostalgic about spending every August on Long Island as a child. &amp;quot;My dad and I would bike over to the Bridgehampton Candy Kitchen for breakfast, then swim all day and lie in the sun. To this day, whenever I feel that first warm breeze, I think of those beautiful beaches and the smell of early-morning pancakes.&amp;quot;  \u2022 &amp;quot;The Odeon restaurant on a weekend afternoon,&amp;quot; fashion designer Derek Lam says. &amp;quot;It is haunted by diehard New Yorkers enjoying a respite from the urban heat in an atmosphere tinged with a Hopper-like melancholy.&amp;quot;  \u2022 &amp;quot;I live by the beach in Los Angeles, and the wealth of opportunities there never ceases to amaze me, whether it be surfing, running, sunbathing, or hiking in the Santa Monica Mountains,&amp;quot; says tastemaker Nancy Corzine.  \u2022 For decorator Nate Berkus, warm weather evokes memories of dreaming up a tree house with childhood friends. &amp;quot;At 11 I was sort of a mad Virgo with grandiose plans for a Palladio\u2013Calatrava\u2013Sawyer/Berson masterpiece,&amp;quot; the Chicago resident recalls. &amp;quot;We never made it past attempting to hammer the two-by-fours into the trunk, but we had so much fun trying.&amp;quot;  \u2022 &amp;quot;My friend Marina&amp;#039;s house in Maine,&amp;quot; declares interior designer Schuyler Samperton. &amp;quot;The regulars have all these traditions\u2014picnics, dog shows, clambakes, and talent competitions. It&amp;#039;s like a Norman Rockwell painting.&amp;quot;  \u2022 &amp;quot;I have spent time every summer in Southampton,&amp;quot; interior designer Alexa Hampton says. &amp;quot;To me it means freshly cut grass, white slipcovers, shucking corn, something rough underfoot\u2014the pebbles in our drive, hot sand, or sisal\u2014and the smell of sunscreen, my all-time favorite scent.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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