City Life

Weather-what a concept

As I walked home from work last night I looked at the temperature and it read 12 degrees. I didn't understand . Tonight as I walked home the temperature read 4 degrees. I still don't understand. 4 degrees. What is that? I always thought if it got to around like 30 degrees it snowed. Not so much with the snow here. It has snowed a few times. I get very excited and everyone laughs at me, shakes their head and say just wait. I still think it's beautiful. Luckily I have some other snow deprived friends at work who get excited with me. They are from Florida and have also been here under 6 months.

There are some really cool things about cold weather though. Coats for one. Wide variety of coats here to be had at rock bottom prices, and they keep you warm. Amazing. Also cute hats, scarfs and gloves. In all sorts of colors. Luckily I had lots of scarves and gloves before I came. And boots. Of course I can't afford those right now. And hats well you can bargain with the guys on the street for good deals on those. I'm trying to save my pennies for the boots though. Come spring I may have enough to get some. :-) Good thing I had a pair from CA.

The worst thing about the cold is the chapped lips. Even with chapstick or blistex they are still flaking. The runny nose doesn't seem to go away either. But you know what? WHO CARES? I'm in New York.

Haven't done too much since my last update. I've gone out to the local pub after work and had dinner a couple times with friends. I discovered Restuarant Row and Ninth Ave in Hell's Kitchen. Really great food and inexpensive prices. My kind of combination. Other than eating and drinking all I have really done is work. They just fired seven of our most senior servers. Trying to prove a point or something. So now everyone is working around the clock.

I'm still looking for a place to live. Everyone seems to be still looking for February. Hopefully the March openings will come up soon. I hate to leave this place but they say change is good. I'll keep you all updated on my new address.

That's it for now. Imagine bright sunny day and people walking around in big puffy coats and scarfs around their faces. All you can see are people's eyes. Weird right? I love NY.

posted by Kimber @ 1:18 AM