Looks Beautiful...Feels Like 8

So, the real question is, "What do you do after a blizzard?"

I'm not really one hundred percent sure what you're suppose to do after a blizzard.

I can only tell you that if you find yourself in New York during a blizzard you should stay inside until the blizzard is over.  After the snow has fallen?  Well, that's up to you.  But because of the public transit in New York, you shouldn't let a little snow, even two feet of snow, keep you inside.

The view from the bedroom after the snow fell...

Heath loved looking out the kitchen window. 

He had a view of the Hudson on the left side and a view of the streets to the right.

 After breakfast we ventured out to find some appropriate gloves.  You know the kind I'm talking about.  The kind that actually keeps out the wind and wetness that we were about to experience.

The venturing was a 20 degree freeze out that the Weather Channel said felt like 8 degrees.

It was cold.

Here are my people making their way to safety. 

I don't envy these guys trying to clear out a path in front of their restaurant.

Nor do I envy these bicycles or their owners.

I hope they aren't planning on going anywhere important today. 

Just snow as far as you can see.

It's really beautiful and really weird.

Ah, this is the safety I was talking about.  The safety of the subway.

We had places to go.  A little snow fall was not going to keep us in the apartment.

We were headed to the American Museum of Natural History or as you and I may call it,

"The Natural History Museum."

For over 30 years the museum has a Christmas tree that is decorated with Origami ornaments.

This year the theme of the tree was "Discovery."  So there are dinosaur bones (if you believe in that stuff), the moon landing, different animals, and anything that the paper folding maniacs could think of that was discovered.

It's a "must see."

You may recall a certain family getting kicked out of this same museum on July 4, 2010.

You'll be happy to know that there was no getting kicked out this time.

We spent some time looking at bones and some of our favorite stuffed animals.

Okay, I lied.  We were pushing our luck when we let this cute kid ride this perfectly sized giraffe in the museum store.  I assure you, it was a very quick indulgence and then we were on our way.

Happy Day After the Blizzard.