Getting over the Snowstorm

Things are getting back to normal with side streets beginning to clear up. The snowstorm did give us a forced break for a day, after the exhausting Thanksgiving break. It was looking quite beautiful outside with all the snow and ice.

Snowstorm 2006

We just got back from dropping off friends at Sea-Tac. On our way back, the flakes had already started coming down. We reached home. Turned the TV on. It's coming down hard at Sea-Tac. I hope our guests made it out. (They were visiting us from the suburban wastelands of Southern California, and were dying to get back there.) A lot of closures predicted for tomorrow. I suppose, as we have heard, it doesn't snow very often here, so they probably do not invest heavily in snow equipment. And when it does snow, most of the place shuts down.

Just got a text message on my cellphone. Our guests have safely made it out, with a little delay. Boy, are we glad that the snow did not cancel their flight. We had them for the entire four days of Thanksgiving, folks, ..., give us a break :)

Raining in Seattle

I do believe that it has rained every single day in November here in the Seattle area. Most Americans hate (or at least profess to hate) the rain. But I love it when it rains. Sure, you can have too much of any good thing, and it can be dreary if you don't see the sun in days. But a rainy day has its own special charms. I am looking out the window of a coffee shop in Seattle right now. The city looks so nice and cosy the through the rain-drenched window panes. The scene reminds me of Paris, and Dublin, and Mumbai - three cities I love - after Seattle, obviously. I am glad to have met several Seattleites and Eastsiders who say they love the rain.