Summertime...news?

In honor of the up-and-coming summer vacation, I pose to you this question (in three parts): 

Part One: The Golden, Endless Summer

What is one golden summer that will live as clear as ever in your memory?  Why?  What distinguishes it from all other summers to date?  How old were you?  

Part Two - Survival

This summer promises to be a scorcher--I, myself, have hot blood and am thus ill-equipped for these extreme temperatures (anything above 85 degrees Fahrenheit pains me)--how do you fare in hot weather?  Are you a basker-in-the-sun, slow-roasting your exterior (use sunblock!!!) and needing a sweater for any temp. below 75?  Or do you need the cool, dark indoors with either an air conditioner or a freezer nearby at all times?

Part Three - Plans?

Yes, it's just around the bend--vacation!  What do you hope to do? What is one thing you know you