Pounded by Snow and the weekend wrap up

Yesterday was the perfect day to get a Nor'easter. At least no one needed to rush to work or school resulting in safer and emptier road conditions. According to a variety of sources, Central Park received 26.9 inches compared the prior record of 26.4 back from the 1940's! On top of that, a Turkish Airlines plane skidded when it tried to set off from JFK airport. But I am glad everyone on board was safe and no one was hurt.

My roomie went out and sledded at the nearby hill/playground. He had lots of fun but admitted that he needed a face mask as the snow kept pelting his face and it was not as fun causing him not to see. Lots of neighborhood kids were out and about playing and making snow men. I just kept myself ensconced in the warmth of our apartment.

On Saturday, I went and volunteered at 10 Maple Place at Mei Wah to ring in the New Year with other volunteers. I had not been there in 3 years and some of the residents remembered me. It was good to see some of them for example Mr and Mrs Chan who live on the fifth floor. We hung out with the residents, held a raffle, served lunch and had prizes and some games too.
After wards, some of the volunteers went to the Winter Festival on the Commons and tried some Vermont Syrup and Cabot Cheese. There were Ski/sledding options but we decided to head to a nearby cafe/bakery in Beacon Hill instead. It was very cold on Saturday, one of the colder days I have experienced this winter. I felt not well after wards that I went home and slept for 12 hours. Luckily I felt recovered by Sunday morning (waking up at 6:30am!).

On Friday, I had some friends over for dinner and then we watched Broke Back Mountain at the Coolidge Corner Theater. I served some Japanese style cold tofu (I just learned from my friend the previous weekend), Sweet Chili Wings and then vermicelli noodles with shrimp and veggies and the sweet ending were parfaits my sister made. There were Cranberry/Orange scones as takeaways for later. The highlight of the night was reconnecting with my friends/tomodachi/chinggu Kako chan and Yujin shi.