VORTEX SHMORTEX

It has been really REALLY cold here the past few days as I am sure everyone has heard about endlessly in the news.  However, I will note that A) In Iron River, MI where my mom is from it was -32º F without the windchill, whereas it was a balmy 8º in Brooklyn, and B) I saw a guy walk into a coffee shop yesterday, order coffee, sit down and work on his laptop while wearing no shoes or socks whatsoever.  While I don't doubt that this guy either believes way too much of what he reads on the internet or is simply batshit crazy he was not suffering from frostbite.  It is cold but it's not that cold.

I did, however, squirrel away a series of photos I took on the last day of August in case of something like a polar vortex.  It was blisteringly, horribly, soggily hot on that day so we went to Coney Island with Roan's buddies Nico, Cole, Zara, and Langston.  I would like us all to try to appreciate this kind of a day as we snuggle up under the covers and hibernate until April.  Enjoy!

Ah summertime in the city...

The livin is easy...

The fitting, not so much if you are 6ft7 like Khemenic here (with Zara and Cole)...

The rides were thrilling...

The fish were biting (with Mitro and Nico)...

The trucks were monster-sized...

The drinks were elusive...

But the ice cream was plentiful...

VERY plentiful...

The getups were quintessentially Coney...

The sea lions were envied for their large pool (though the audience was misted with a giant vapor fan)...

The penguins were confused...

Little Langston here longed for shade...

And at the end Roan collapsed in the lovely A/C of the NYC Subway.