snow day.

4:40am the news came. 19 inches of snow covered our big urban concrete jungle.
completely caught by surprise, unlike the last false alarm where everyone went out the night before in anticipation, this day was like a little gift. a small slice of heaven.

and i enjoyed it. unlike last year when i was swimming in a sea of reports on the day Bloomberg announced NYC schools closing, today i decided to feel it. be in it. enjoy it.

and it was breathtaking. the park was covered in blankets and blankets of clean white. the trees were lined, as was every straight edge surface, with a mountain of white. it was so brilliant. kids were playing in the park - families sledding down the side of the hill. remembering my own childhood and days upon days of sledding with my cousins, my dad's home-made sleds in hand, the pure happiness. you couldn't help by be a little blown away by the beauty of today and the playfulness that came with it.