Perched At The Window

Having grown up in Hamburg, Germany, the abundance of sunshine in NYC* never ceases to amaze me – especially the near guarantee for a clear blue sky right after a major snow storm has passed.

Today was such a beautiful day. The snow on the trees quickly melted down to form bizarre little icy cotton balls. On the ground, the situation was not so pretty: depending on the neighborhood, sidewalks were still a piece of work to maneuver with a stroller. Especially larger intersections had knee high walls of snow blocking the pedestrian crossings because the snow plows kept pushing every crumb to the sides of the streets. Determined to see Bruno (since we missed him last week), we made it over to the Slope anyway and treated the boys to lunch at Perch, an old favorite of Mika and Kai.

* Just compare the first column (‘Average Sunlight’ per day)!