Italian Food Weather?

What a contrast is from the last time I posted. With weather in the high 60's and even up to the 70's I feel like someone has plucked us from mid-January and dropped us in May! As I write this, I am sitting on the front porch of our apartment in shorts, watching the golden red leaves of the tree ignite with light as the sun goes down. Today my boss and I ditched out of the office early... It was an afternoon not to be spent in a stuff building.
Around 3 today, Erica came by the office and we went down to the Berkeley Marina to walk by the bay and talk about her wedding plans. On our way back to the office she got a call from a new voice student who had arrived to the lesson early. So she wouldn't have to go out of her way, I hopped out of the car and walked about 1/2 mile back to the office. There was something wonderful about strolling past gardens and houses on a warm summer ... I mean winter day. I saw a side of that neighborhood that I really hadn't expected. On the quiet street I saw cared for gardens, unique houses, and a few parents walking their preschoolers home. Maybe I should try picking random corners to hop out at and see what I can find.
For the past few days I could tell the weather was playing tricks with my mind. I can get rid of this urge I have to cook homemade Italian food, serve it to all of my friends in the warm evening air, and end the evening of good cheer with a sip of homemade Limoncello under a glow of lanterns. Call me crazy, but every afternoon I want to do that. The problem with this weather trickery is that the Sun hasn't changed its habits, and still sets around 5pm. What can I say... I'm ready for SUMMER!!!!
Of course, this weather does cause a predicament for some of us. In addition to our state desperately needing some good rain and snow to get us out of the drought, next week a bunch of us are going up to Tahoe to ski. I think it might turn into a biking and kayaking trip if things don't get back to normal.