Whenever it snows, I want to call all those people who ever rolled their eyes about the way I dig my heels into Manhattan (“Your rent is soooo high! Don’t you want more space? Wouldn’t you love to have a car/a dog/children one day?”) and say, “Have fun shoveling your car out, b****.”
To those of you with cars and driveways and babies and furry critters who have never tut-tutted to me about my city life, I hope the stormy weather was kind to you and that if you did have to shovel snow, you enjoyed a good workout, followed by some well-deserved comfort food this weekend 
I took advantage of the excuse to stay put and channeled any and all cabin fever into kicking the ass of my to-do list. For example, I did an RD exam practice test…
And wrote a research proposal.
I also cooked and ate some nice things…
soup & toast with hummus & roasted eggplant
quinoa (soaked before cooking) with chickpeas, roasted veggies, hummus, and goat cheese
…and drank something good once it was “safe” to venture outside. All snark/snarky-ness (?) aside, when it does snow in NYC, I truly appreciate the folks busting their asses to clear the sidewalks and streets. Without you, I would be that tiny girl with the big shovel polluting the virgin ears of children making snowmen nearby. Their mothers would thank you too if they knew what they were being saved from.
Lambrusco—one of my favorites
For those of you who got some snow this weekend, how did you spend your time? What are your favorite things to eat after shoveling snow?
Every weekend is a snowy weekend in Minneapolis. I’ve always been a renter, so, in theory, I should have never been responsible for snow shovel, but I did have one landlord who made it part of our contract that my roommate and I shovel our own snow. Both my roommate and I fancied our self tough-broads, but that winter of snow shoveling kicked our ass. I can lift the heaviest weights in my Power Sculpt class, but put a giant pile of snow in front of my 5′ frame and I’m kind of a goner. : /
Wow! I can’t believe they actually had it written in there—not cool! I’d be the same way when faced with a mountain of snow. Hope you don’t have to do that anymore!