Fixing Winter

[pure_doxyk]

As many of you know, I live in Boston, land of Holy Shit Winter 2014.  I'm from Michigan, so it's not like I'm not used to winters, but wow, that was ridiculous.  The berms of snow were so high that you were walking in tiny tunnels on the sidewalk - if you were lucky and one was plowed.  Getting around was a nasty, barely-passable slog, and my

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[en_ki]

Would have pointed you to icebike.org for discussion of studded tires, but it has apparently been SEOed to death and is no longer the beautiful relic of the '90s it once was. Anyway, you can get them and people swear by them. (In 2007-2008, a very lean year, I rode year-round without them but had maybe 3-5 days/year of taking the T instead because of ice.)

Best year-round footwear for Boston: tall thick wool socks and sandals. I am not making this up. (Snow taller than boots = wetter feet than sandals unless you are also wearing snow pants over the boots, which I mean come on who does that.) Slushy days included as long as you carry a change of socks or can hang them up where you're going.

Sledding is basically free. Killer sledding hills at Tufts. Slightly more expensive: good snowshoeing/XC skiing off the Minuteman near Alewife if they haven't built condos everywhere yet. Better (if you can travel) in the Fells, Franklin Park golf course, and the Blue Hills.

People people people. Mulled wine. Have people over to drink it. Souffle. Have people over to eat it. People people people.

Start your aged egg nog for next year.

$50 says you won't do the Polar Bear Plunge.