Tips for Keeping Warm in the Great Tundra*

frozen Harvard Square

1) Convince your husband (who had the good fortune of no class on this particular day) to bake chocolate chip cookies. Eat them immediately, piping hot.

2) Keep your cozy, lounge-y clothes on. All day.

3) Even though it costs precious, hard-earned dough, keep that gas stove fire "roaring"**

4) Work from beneath a fluffy, navy blue blanket.***

5) Don't, under any circumstances, go outside.****

*Cambridge, MA, that is

**a gas stove fire doesn't really "roar," per se

***there is a fine line between "working" and "sleeping" when under the fluffy, navy blue blanket (the temptation was great, my friends, but don't worry...i didn't actually sleep. i was a good little worker bee!)

**** I managed to adhere to this rule quite well yesterday, but alas, today rehearsal called

color!

oranges for sale on the upper east side
a splash of color for us all on this cold & gray winter's day.

*winter song*

Have you seen this video? *love love love* it. Makes me want to put on my mittens and frolic in the snow with friends. And on a day like today, which is like snow on crack...or a winter wonderland gone terribly wrong (if you're in New York, you know what I mean...snow turned to sleet, turned to rain, then died a horrible, dirty, slushy death on the sidewalks and streets. lovely.)...so yeah... this song gives me that sparkly winter-magic feeling that feels so far away on days like today and therefore I have had this song on repeat all day long in order to burn out the memories of this morning's commute.

kw (who introduced me to the song - thanks :) pointed out that the two girls look an awful lot like us. I think she's right. Even down to my glasses and her love of pink! eerie.