Gray Weather Survival Guide

The sky may be gray, but that’s no reason to feel blue. We’ve come up with plenty of ways to survive

By: Written By Francine Ruley and Lorna Yee with Amelia Apfel, Thea Chard, Brangien Davis, Rachel Hart, Manny Lewis and Kate Calamusa |   January 2010   |  FROM THE PRINT EDITION

Get in touch with your inner dolphin in The Hyatt at Olive 8’s saline pool.

7. Light up with culture
At Light Reign, the James Turrell Skyspace on permanent exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery, benches line an oval chamber with a large hole in the ceiling, letting you watch the sky change as the day progresses. The best part: When it rains, a movable dome covers the opening, and a secondary light source creates an artificial (but still beautiful!) blue sky above. Get a more organic illuminating experience at the Frye Art Museum, where a large glass rotunda in the lobby provides a glow of filtered natural light. And at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, the brand-new lightcatcher, a 36-foot-high, 180-foot-long, 42,000-square-foot translucent glass wall, houses climate-controlled galleries and a green roof, making for a beautifully lit and eco-friendly sight—perhaps the light at the end of a rainy, cloudy tunnel.