Well, It Got My Attention

I suppose that was the idea.

Thundersnow!

So a few days ago New York was hit by a severe snowstorm. It descended suddenly and dropped over a foot of snow on the city in less than 24 hours. It's also the first time in my life I've experienced a thunderstorm and snow at the same time. I knew such things happen, but they're exceedingly rare. I wonder what the science is behind them?

Anyway, the city has been pretty slow to respond. A great deal of public transit is still running behind schedule (particularly anything in or out of the city) and many sidewalks and especially crosswalks are still basically impassable.

I attempted to buy some boots at Macy's but now I have buyer's remorse. The ones I got are a little too cowboy-ish for me.

Oh well. At least the snow looks nice (when not mixed with dirt):

Something a Little Brighter

Pardon the delay...

Washington Square

Nine Years On

So Far and Yet So Close

So what's the deal with New Yorkers exaggerating the distance between everything?

The other day I went uptown and asked a hot dog vendor the way to Amsterdam Avenue. He pointed it out to me but said "It's at least a 30-minute walk, you'd better take the subway". 5 minutes later I was there.

I remember a similar incident happened last year in Midtown. when I complained about it to a New-York-dwelling friend of mine she said "Oh, but the avenues, they tend to be really far apart". My cousin suggested that, because I was asking for directions, they assumed I was a tourist and wasn't used to getting around on foot.

I thought this city was the American capitol of walking everywhere. What gives?