Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
My first winter in London and we have the best (or worst depending on how pessimistic you are) snow storm in almost 20 years. Growing up in Washington D.C., I am used to the city shutting down at the thought of snow so I was not too shocked when the public transportation took a vacation. After a 2 hour ‘adventure’ into work that included a snow angel outside my tube station I managed to make it into work. To get all ‘Media-y’ on you, this is a perfect time to do an underground take over because the dwell time is amazing. While my face was plunged into a strangers armpit I was able read a surprising amount of tube ads. Maybe the new thing is to plan outdoor advertising according to the weather???
At lunch time Matt and I decided to venture out into the wilderness of Bloomsbury Square to build Frosty the Snowman. Armed with glasses, eyeballs, a nose, and buttons fashioned out of junk lying around our desks. In order to get into the park we have to hop a fence (with encouragement from the local park authority). We instantly start rolling snow into two enormous spheres which make the bottom and middle of frosty then with a quick construction he is built. Our snowman even attracted the likes of several girls who were not in Uni that day. Matt and I were very proud of Frosty and even had pictures taken with him and an assortment of other people in the park…see picture below.
