Boston in Winter

And just like that, winter has arrived.

Part of the fun of living in Boston is getting to know the city.  I learned a few things about Boston over the last couple of days.

1. Boston roads get WAY more love from the plows than any road in the burbs. 
2. if you are an out-of-towner or don't own ice skates, then you visit the frog pond (in all of its glory) during operating hours.  BUT, if you're a true Bostonian, then you own your skates (duh) and, once the sun goes down, you head over to the pond at the Public Gardens to skate on the naturally chilled ice.
3. the snow cloud layer traps the light from the city.  Nighttime during a snow storm is curiously bright.
4. the snow absorbs a lot of the Boston noise leaving making room for sounds that are typically drowned out.  That's nothing new...but, the only consistent sound through the Boston streets was the sound of the blizzardy winds hitting and deflecting around the John Hancock Tower.  It was like a passenger jet heard from the same distance.  ...really kinda spooky.  You can't help but hope the engineers designed for blizzardy wind loads.