7 signs that summer is just around the corner
Shawn Norris
It’s getting to be that time of year again, when the temperature rises and pools start to become the hot spot to hang out. Here are a few signs that summer is just around the corner.
7 You start hearing Jimmy Buffett songs
Florida has two musical seasons: Christmas and Jimmy Buffett. And it kinda fluctuates from there, but when as the temperature slowly climbs, so too will the likelihood that you will hear “Margaritaville.” Usually it starts right before schools let out in early June. You hear it on the radio or in a grocery store or blasting out of the rolled-down window of someone beside you at a light. Then before you know it, you are hearing Jimmy Buffett everywhere.
6 The smell of grills
Everyone usually notices the first time each year when they step outside and smell someone grilling. It is to summer what the first person to use their fireplace is to the winter. It sort of triggers that part of your brain that tells you it’s getting to be time to start doing some things outdoors. And it also means steak. And beer from a keg. And lounging around the pool. It makes you happy and hungry when you smell something cooking on a grill. And it definitely means summer.
5 No more scripted shows on network TV
The summertime is when all the scripted shows go on hiatus and make way for reality shows. Networks know that when the weather gets nice people often have a tendency to go out and do things. That isn’t great for their business. So the networks all tend to film a bunch of reality shows for the summer months so that people watching don’t have (sometimes) complicated plot lines to follow. They can sit down and start watching and pick up what is going on without a back-story (why game shows do so well in the summer). Then when the weather starts to get chilly and the kids are all back in school, it’s back to scripted.
4 People start to get tipsy in public
Warm weather means outdoor drinking. Patios of restaurants; concerts; wine festivals; and of course the poolside BBQ are all places you will usually catch folks getting buzzed in public. Your chiropractor. Your daughter’s art teacher. That guy from work, Phil, I think is his name? From accounting? Wasted at that Hall & Oates Reunion Concert. The warm weather lets everyone put their guard down a little and enjoy the sunshine. It’s the Catalina f***ing Wine Mixer!
3 Women go from being hot to super hot, generally
What can I say? Women just get hotter when the weather gets warmer. The coats come off, the pants get shorter, the tops get tighter and the bikinis… I mean, summer is by far the best looking of the seasons. It’s sweaty and it’s tan and it’s generally pretty awesome.
2 You start honking at more people on bikes
The summer also means outdoor exercise for a lot of people. That means uses of spandex that span from “you should get a standing ovation” to “you should be put on trail for crimes against humanity.” That aside, you will start to see a ton more people on bicycles. And kids will especially be out doing dumb stuff on bikes when summer rolls around. “Why am I stopped? Get out of the middle of the street, kid! Wait a second…you’re going to jump that ditch with that ramp and your Huffy? OK, I’ll stick around to see this, but hurry up, I’m already late for work.”
1 Start to smell suntan lotion when out in public
You’ll sometimes notice when you are out and about, that the smell of sunscreen starts to become more prominent as the summer kicks off. People you see in Target start worrying about “Coppertone” or getting on the “Banana Boat.” At some point someone leaves the cap off a bottle of sunscreen and you think “I bet this is what Panama Jack’s house smells like.” You don’t have to have a monocle to appreciate that.
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