So, what is Out There quenching his thirsty ears with during these summer-doldrums days? Here's some cool music to chase the heat away.

Sacramento native Leanne Borghesi is a cabaret and theater veteran who belts out classic tunes on both coasts.

Summer is breezy and cool in San Francisco, but Out There spent last week sweltering as if under a Sahara sun as we read "The Obelisk and the Englishman - The Pioneering Discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes."