First Snow of the Season

Arghh just realised i havent written for over a month... shame on me! But to my defense, most of you who read my blog have been here preoccupying my time so i should be let off the hook... here's my first story of many from the past month and its about something quite new to me... snow...

Yes its winter in new york, and unlike the 10 - 15 degrees it may get to in sydney, here in new york the temperature over the past month has fluctuated from about 3 degrees to -3 .... a lovely range... ive learnt that rain means a warm day and a blue sky means freezing... strange how that is, but its true. Its amazing how easy you acclimatise to different situations, 3 degrees is kinda warm when your living in -3 most days!

So coming from Sydney where the only snow we see is on a small patch of hill down south and even then it rarely falls from the sky... you could imagine my excitement when the first snow fell in new york this year. It was a saturday night in early december and the social butterfly that i am, i had two arrangements on that night, one not to far from my home and the other on the upper east side. So i left the first party and jumped on the subway heading up town. Due to my mild dislexia i jumped off the train at 72nd street only to realise i was supposed to be at 82nd street. On a normal night this would have been fine, a bit of excercise never goes astray, but as i exited the subway station i felt drops of something on my face, i look up and its snowing! it was really magical... i was alone on the quiet streets of the upper east side, walking as fluffy drops of snow fell all around me.. so how was i supposed to get ten blocks away in the snow... i walked... it was kind of like a little bit of fate... it was such a beautiful time that if i had stayed on the train an extra stop i would have missed! I had no umbrella (not that they really work in the snow as it floats sideways) and no hood on my jacket, but off i trudged past the men selling christmas trees on the side of the road, and the old ladies squabbling back to there majestic upper east side homes, trying to dodge snow falling on their fur coats... it was really one of the nicest nights in the city so far. So I finally got to the second event, totally wet from snow, but having experienced a great feeling getting there.... sadly the next day i had a lovely cough, sneeze and runny nose from getting so wet but it was worth it :)