We talk a lot about the "feels like" temperature around here, because not knowing the difference between air temperature and wind chill could cost you a couple of digits or a nose. On Monday, for instance, the air temperature when I woke up read a balmy -8 degrees, but the "feels like" temperature, thanks to [...]
I love a good walk with a friend, especially these days when those soothing balms of socialization have become a little trickier to apply. We tramp off, mostly toward the river, and unburden ourselves of adulthood while we breathe in good, clean air. Walks with friends provide the perfect antidote to whatever life throws your [...]
On the one hand (the warm one, all gloved up and tucked into my fleece-lined pocket), a good stretch of arctic chill can make for some pretty impressive scenery. On the other, though (the one I can’t feel because I had to take the glove off it to work my camera, or answer my phone, [...]
Ten years ago, I purchased a blue bubble coat on a lark to mark the sad end of our local Steve and Barry's store. The coat, which cost me $5, has been a mainstay of my wardrobe ever since. Cost per wear? Well, I think I owe it a small fortune by now. My loyal [...]
Magic happens when you wake up on a leisurely Saturday morning and discover the greatest winter gift of a Midwestern childhood -- packy snow. By Saturday evening our neighborhood looked like a George Lucas snow globe. One family spent the day building a giant snow arch for the mailman, and another built a castle and [...]