Let it snow

The Blizzard of 2006!
The newscasters up here are so dramatic. I mean really, 26 1/2 inches of snow in five hours really isn't that big of a deal. Not in normal parts of the world anyway. For example, my baby brother lives in Idaho Falls, the land of snow and ice, 2 1/2 feet of snow is a fart in the wind for him. Our friend in Jackson Hole, heck that's not even good powder for them. But in New York, 2 1/2 feet of snow added to the mix of 8 million crazy fuckers, well, that's a different story.
However, I will say this, New York never shuts down, not even for the biggest snow on record. Grocery stores were open, buses were running, the little bicycle delivery guys were all still out delivering their General Tso's. In fact, for a Sunday in the city I think there were actually more people out and about than usual.
So, Michael and I decided to join them.
We took the dogs on a little urban hike and got to witness first hand the crazies in action.


Central Park was filled with sledders of all ages and the streets up to the park were full of snow shoers and cross country skiers.


And the snow and ice didn't even start to slow down the fashionistas in their furs and stilettos. It was awesome. I think the only thing that was really affected was the airports, and they even opened late last night. So, despite all of the hype on the news, life went on. In fact, this morning it's almost like yesterday never happened. If it weren't for the feet of black sludge piled up along the streets we could probably all pretend it never did.