Category Archives: Snow

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Effects of Lake Effect

Effects of Lake Effect

So, I did have to back out on plans to meet with friends at Goodfello’s in Sackets Harbor last night because of the lake effect snow, but today’s fresh snow + bright sun combo certainly made up for that disappointment. This morning, Diva, Hunk, my husband and I took a walk at “The Woods,” some… Continue Reading

Dry Hill Military Appreciation Day

Attention military ID holders! Head over to Dry Hill Ski Area to ski for free tomorrow! YES, they’re open – they make their own snow! Military ID holders receive a free lift ticket from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Call 315-782-8584 or visit www.skidryhill.com for more information! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious… Continue Reading

Winter Wardrobe Basics: Keeping Your Tootsies Warm & Stylish

Winter Wardrobe Basics: Keeping Your Tootsies Warm & Stylish

Brandi Browning, Stella & Dot Independent Stylist and the new NNY LifeStyle contributor, is working on expanding her shoe wardrobe from flip flops and ballet flats. Here are some options she’s found that are both stylish and practical.  When I found out we were relocating to Fort Drum, I had a minor freak-out moment. You… Continue Reading

Youth Learn to Ski & Snowboard Program at Dry Hill

I came across this flyer today at the Fairgrounds YMCA. You can’t beat $59 for THREE lessons, with ski equipment rental INCLUDED. If you have kids – especially kids interested in learning how to ski board – I’d call as soon as humanly possible. This is sure to fill up fast! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious… Continue Reading

Cool to Cold to Frigid in NNY: Planning Ahead

Cool to Cold to Frigid in NNY: Planning Ahead

After ten years of marriage and official full-time residency in NNY, I swear I will be able to step out on the first chilly day of fall and not have to scoot my shivering tail back into the house to change – or, heaven forbid – over to Target and pay full-price for things I… Continue Reading

Buried (Kinda) Alive! (Sorta)

Buried (Kinda) Alive! (Sorta)

On my way to a meeting in Carthage, NY today. On days like today – 13 degrees, 30 mph gusts of wind, and so much snow blowing around the world that a snow shovel might as well be a rubber-tipped baby spoon for all the good it does – I start to wonder if I’m… Continue Reading

Tips for Driving in Snow

Tips for Driving in Snow

My first (and hopefully last) car accident ever was caused when I used the ill-advised technique of driving about two feet from the car in front of me (obviously not a good tactic in any climate, but cut me some slack. I was 20). Unfortunately, it was during a lake effect snow storm in northern… Continue Reading

Hopefully Not the Understatement of the Decade: #Snowpocalypse /#Snowmageddon /#snOMG!!!?!!!?!

Hopefully Not the Understatement of the Decade: #Snowpocalypse /#Snowmageddon /#snOMG!!!?!!!?!

Today I was bombarded with e-mails, text messages , Tweets and Facebook posts about the looming blizzard in Oklahoma from my family and friends who live down there. They’re calling the storm “Snowpocalypse,” among many other hilarious twitter hash tags (see above title). No matter how severe the expected storm may be, that may sound… Continue Reading

Cold Weather Tip #3: Stay-at-Home Mom Edition

Cold Weather Tip #3: Stay-at-Home Mom Edition

On a day like today when, in Watertown, NY, temperatures are struggling to get out of the teens, it’s important to have a plan for what you can do when it’s next to impossible to go outside with your kids for longer than – literally – one or two minutes. And because it’s Martin Luther… Continue Reading

Cold Weather Tip #2

Cold Weather Tip #2

Choosing Shoes – Thank you WildSngrNY for providing me with a prompt for my next cold weather tip. I was going to talk about winter hats – aka “tukes” in this part of the U.S. – but you bring up a very good point re: winter footgear. I have given the question of what to… Continue Reading

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