Heh, not during the summer.  Seattle is BEAUTIFUL in the summer, far nicer than anywhere else I've spent a summer  - a list which includes New York (where, as a great man once said, "if you are keen to breathe [during the summer] the best plan is to open a window and stick your head in a building."), Haifa, DC, and Massachusetts.<p>Even more specifically, Softies seem to spend an awful lot of the summer going on hikes and picnics.