MATT DRISCOLL: OUR KIND OF NATURE RETREAT >>>

Drinking inside is great. Drinking in the rain can be comforting. Drinking in the basement of your mom’s house can ease the pain.

But, really, does anything beat drinking a refreshing adult beverage outside in the Northwest summer at one of our area’s many bar and restaurant decks and patios?

The hardworking and stone-livered scribes that make the Weekly Volcano tick have put together a list to end all lists â€" the Weekly Volcano’s Drinking in the Sun survival guide to getting buzzed on a South Sound deck or patio. It’s kind of a mouthful, but that’s how we like it here at the Volcano.

Drink it up here