It’s always about the weather, isn’t it?

It’s why many of us live in Florida. It’s why so many visitors come here every year, to enjoy the beach and the golf courses and skip out on the snowstorms that pummel their hometowns.

It’s also why the good people of Munich, Germany, home of Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer and folk festival, which draws more than six million visitors annually and has spawned knockoff events in dozens of nations around the globe, moved the party, literally named for the month in which it was born, to September.

“The days are longer,” says Patrick Story, executive chef of Hollerbach’s German Restaurant , who recently returned from a double-dose trip to festivals in Erding, Germany and Salzburg, Austria. “You get more hours to party.”

“Plus, the weather’s

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