The John Candy Guide to Midwestern Summer

The Great Outdoors, forever

I’ve spent too many summer days in New York City at this point in my life. I know that because when the subway floods during a big storm, tourists are everywhere, and the smells—oh, the smells!—mingle together to create a toxic perfume of weed, cooked meats, and old garbage, I just laugh now. It’s all comical. You have to go “full Joker mode” in order t…