Jane Birkin

It's usually a jolly good trick to pick up a local tour guide. They can tell you all the anecdotes that make a place interesting. I'm one for rushing off to museums at the crack of dawn, eating fabulous things on terraces for lunch, and enjoying long dinners on balmy evenings.

English Actress

Anthony Fantano

With its distinctly rural feel, the New York band Woods makes an ideal soundtrack for balmy walks amidst mammoth trees and crunchy beds of dead leaves.

American Celebrity

Anne Rice

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.

American Novelist

Bettany Hughes

I am irrationally irritated by those who cast the Mediterranean in a balmy, Augustan perma-glow.

Used to describe pleasant and gently warm weather, often ideal for outdoor activities.

Favorable Weather

Sometimes it's used to describe situations or atmospheres that are soothing and tranquil.

Metaphorical Use

Balmy suggests warmth that is comfortable and refreshing, not hot or humid.

Not Too Hot

Used informally to describe someone's unusual or nonsensical behavior or ideas.

Casual Speech

Though still understood, this use is less common and can feel a bit old-fashioned or humorous.

Slightly Outdated

It's a mild way to express that something is crazy or foolish without being harsh or rude.

Non-Offensive

 but tomorrow it's going to be a balmy uh maybe plus three celsius that's planetary scientist jim bell he's taking me on the most unusual guided tour i've ever been on along mars's gale crater courtesy of images from the rover curiosity it's currently beaming back photos from the red planet

Mars Gets Ready for Its...

 balmy evening absolutely perfect so what a wonderful way to kind of finish off our day and to drive in this is always very pleasant hopefully some of the animals will pop out and maybe we'll just get a last minute lipid I know we've had a lipid from Juma today but I

See Elephants at Their...

 and its cultural homogeneity and all the rest of it, and then we struggle to imagine how we might bring lessons back. Well, so, for this last year, with the help of Cisco who sponsored me, for some balmy reason, to do this,

Charles Leadbeater:...

 balmy holiday they'd be coming up and breathing this warm air so it would be quite sweet to sort of sit alongside them and just stare into these huge big eyes and look at this little frosted whiskers

Filming Antarctica's...

 Chinese social networking even reading the censorship is so balmy part of reason is Chinese languages you know Twitter and Twitter clones have a kind of a nutrition 140 characters but in

Behind the Great...

 are you doing this well I sure for a vacation but you won't actually live there do you realize that ant arctica is balmy R and wetter than Mars yet I don't see people lining up to

Mars: A Vacation...

 so I think that’s a case for serious play. This is emblematic of it -- this is wing dining, recalling those balmy summer days somewhere over France in the 20s,

Bruce McCall: Nostalgia...

 The chef turns the heat on, very low, and the temperature of water slowly rises. So slowly that the frog doesn’t notice. In fact, it basks in the balmy water.

The “myth” of the...

 where they will roost birds are drawn to cities because they are warmer than the surrounding countryside rome with its balmy mediterranean

Ten Million Starlings...

 very balmy afternoon we're also going to have a nice sunset for the first time in a couple of days which will be lovely