It’s the first weekend of spring so it would seem to make sense to write up a postmortem on winter. There’s only one problem.
It sure as fuck doesn’t feel like spring yet. I want my mid-50s temperatures, dammit.
This was definitely a busier winter than the previous one - of course, that was the winter where I came down with the flu i mid-December and never seemingly recovered until March. That’s not to say that I didn’t have a bout of sickness. In fact, on consecutive weekends at the end of December, I came down with the norovirus and a 101° fever. Suffice to say, it was an unpleasant one-two punch but still preferable to the flu.
December was a strange month as I wasn’t really all too busy but I remember being very tired. That could just be a product of the holiday crush though.
- The first weekend of December was spent on a Philadelphia-area bar crawl with Aaron, Gordon, and Justin. [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
- We celebrated the holidays at Applewood Estate.
- Rachael and I saw an amazing college basketball game between Pittsburgh and Duke with Pitt forcing overtime and ultimately winning.
- We had a quaint Christmas Eve dinner at Linda and KK’s place.
- It’s quickly becoming tradition but New Year’s Eve was spent at Dori and Justin’s. We even managed to sneak in a Trappist tasting the night before the party.
January was spent laying low, recovering from the busy last few weeks of December.
- Andy and I took our dad to see the Houston Rockets and Yao Ming destroy the New York Knicks. We sat next to the Yao cheering section though it’s not as though there was much of Knicks cheering section.
- Rachael and Lucy had a much-belated birthday party.
- After an aborted attempt, Susan and I finally got together for dinner at Momofuku.
- Dori and Justin came down to NYC for a weekend of just bumming around the city.
- I took Susan to see The Phantom of the Opera for her birthday.
See, I wasn’t kidding when I said that I laid low during January. Why over-exert myself and come down with some nasty again?
February, despite it being the shortest month of the year, managed to be a very busy month. Any mention of February has to start with my beloved New York Giants winning the Super Bowl. They went on one of the greatest runs in NFL playoffs history and we, the fans, are blessed to have witnessed it. This almost makes up for the Mets’ historic collapse - almost.
- I took the morning off and went to the Giants Super Bowl Championship parade. It was well worth fighting through the crowds to be able to see this happen live.
- Not quite having my fill of parades, I also checked out the Chinese New Year parade.
- Along with Aaron, Justin, and Gordon, I attended the Extreme Beer Fest as well as its Night of the Barrels.
- I took Rachael to see Spring Awakening for her birthday.
- I attended a cask ale festival in Brooklyn.
- I finally got to see The National live - this one was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
- Susan and I went out to Fette Sau in Williamsburg for the borough’s best BBQ by far.
The first few weeks of March haven’t been too busy but it’s the lull before the busy spring and summer months.
- I saw Sia for the third time and as much as I love seeing her sing, I don’t know if I could ever see her again at Webster Hall.
- We got together at Applewood Estate to brew some beers for Hunka Hunka.
So I had a fairly busy winter by my standards. Can spring top it? There’s a lot less time in my definition of spring than in winter so it could prove to be difficult. I’m up for the challenge.
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