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Compared to other cities like LA or San Francisco, we don’t actually get a lot of fog here, because we’re in a geographically unique situation. But yesterday was an exception.

I wish profound amounts of luck to the person who owns this bicycle. At least this lowers the chance that it will get stolen.

So, we had another ridiculous snow day today, with over another foot of snow dumping itself on us overnight. Schools were actually cancelled today (which almost never happens in NYC, because it creates massive problems for parents who still need to go to work). Despite my cold, I got myself out of my apartment for a few hours, and went to central park to take some pictures (and to catch up on the 365 project, since I had fallen a few days behind). Only the first 6 photos are technically part of the 365 project, since that’s how many days I’m missing, but I’m uploading a few more that I liked.

Click on the photos to view the full images.

We got more snow today. Not anything approaching last week’s blizzard, but a few inches. Just enough to (a) be annoying (b) be slippery, and (c) cover all the dirty sooty leftover blizzard snow so that it doesn’t look quite as disgusting here.

With my perfect timing as always, I managed to go out to grab a cup of coffee during the heaviest part of the storm.

It looks like time for snowpocalypse 2010. Although, given that this seems to be happening with more frequency, I’m not sure “snowpocalypse” is really appropriate anymore. Perhaps just “winter” would suffice.

I was actually looking forward to the snow today, largely because I didn’t need to go anywhere, I don’t celebrate Christmas so I didn’t get caught in today’s travel onslaught/nightmare, and the absolutely best part about snow in New York City is the first few hours, when it’s still white and pretty, before it gets polluted by exhaust fumes and turned into a giant slush pile.

The one downside? I’m watching my parents’ dog, Ollie, so I do have to venture out periodically. Luckily, he’s old and has no interest in playing in the snow, so the biggest struggle is to get him to stay out long enough. Truly a dog after my own heart. I decided to grab my camera to snap a few shots on our afternoon walk today (which consisted of walking to the end of the block and back). Ollie was very determined to get home, but I managed to get a few pics of the beginning of the storm. This is only a few hours in – they’re predicting a total of between 14 and 18 inches by the time it ends tomorrow.

(As always, click on the thumbnails to get the full image)