Where Should I Live For A Year?

As I send out my internship applications, I feel compelled to take a vote.  Not that I really have much control over the final outcome (it's a match process), but where do you think I should go?

Possible cities include:

Gainesville, FL
Miami, FL
New York, NY
Houston, TX
Cincinnati, OH
Baltimore, MD
Atlanta, GA
Columbus, OH
Poughkeepsie/Rhinebeck, NY
Dallas, TX
Austin, TX
Louisville, KY
Tampa, FL
Birmingham, AL
Tallahassee, FL
Orlando, FL
Quincy, MA
Canton, OH
Omaha, NE

Tell me all the wonderful reasons I should live in your favorite city on the list... or why I should run screaming from your least favorite.  Whatever.  :)

Hot Enough to Melt Pumpkins

Want to know how hot it is in Florida in October?  Pretty blazing hot.

It's fall, which means pumpkins and apples and all of that.  We hosted a pumpkin-carving party so that I could at least pretend that it actually felt like fall here in the hottest place on Earth.  Our pumpkins turned out pretty cute:

Want to know how long these fabulous creations lasted?

They lasted from Sunday until Wednesday.  Yes, that's right.  72 hours.  By Wednesday night, they were disgusting, moldy, mushy, gnat-ridden messes.  The relentless Florida sun had massacred them in under a week.  So much for recreating fall, huh?

(To be fair, a friend had informed us in advance that our venture would be unsuccessful and that we should buy faux pumpkins from the craft store to carve instead.  Next year, we'll listen.)