Seattle: Put Down the Air Conditioner and Walk Away

It's hot... but not that hot.by Katie Herzog Stephen Brashear/Getty
After months of gloom, Pacific Northwest summers cause a sort of regional amnesia, like mothers experience immediately after giving birth: We forget how awful October through June can be because July is just so damn perfect.Except when it's not. This week temperatures are breaking the 80-degree mark, causing people all over the city to start hanging out in the magazine section at Walgreens and, even worse, contemplating purchasi