impleri

It is official:
Departing Monday, 16 August at 10:20 AM from New Orleans…
Arriving at 3:56 PM in Philadelphia (after a brief stop to read some more in Charlotte, NC). And then, Departing Saturday, 21 August at 5:45 PM from Philadelphia and returning to New Orleans at 7:41 PM.
Now, the greater questions remain:
(1) Jeans or no jeans?
(2) Toys or no toys?
(3) Is dihydrogen monoxide really water?
(4) What is the Ablative Absolute and what is its purpose in prose?

OK, so i do have answer (read: wild speculative guesses) for the latter 2, but the first 2 require some assisstance. i'm used to the weather here in New Orleans (High of 95+, Low of 75+, 150% humidity which makes it feel like: High of 120+ and Low of 85+) and wearing shorts and t-shirts until sometime in November or December (and then returning to shorts sometime in January or February) or nothing at all (ok, so New Orleans is NOT a nudist colony…only Bourbon Street). i'm not used to cold weather (i.e. anything below 80) and definitely not cold water (i.e. water temps below 90). Some of you may be flabbergasted (great word, i know!) at this, others will admittedly be the choir to whom i am currently preaching (correct English sounds strange). So, a question mainly for those of you, my faithful (and more than likely strange for being so) readers, who have lived mostly in the hotter areas of the South and have either traveled or recently moved to colder climes (ahem! You know who you are): Jeans or no jeans?
And, a question for everybody else who feels left out: Toys or no toys? Explain in 20 words or less with details, yet avoiding specifics.
Colored Flower of the City of Brotherly Love, here i come!