Ah, winter time in the Big Apple. You know what that means! Cuffing season, endless delivery dinners, fashionable outwear, and... snow.
Oh, yes! The always delightful and never bothersome tradition that is inches and inches of snowfall.
Most people say snow looks best on mountaintops or open fields, but I beg to disagree. If you love mounds upon mounds of snow on your city streets, then maybe New York City snow is for you. Still not convinced? Maybe these 12 Instagrams pics from Winter 2015 will change your mind.
1. Slush makes for picture-perfect photo opps
drshep3 Day 1 of Family Medicine: Footprints of those lost in the perilous puddles on these frigid days #NYC #nycslush #imissLA
It's every professional Instagrammer's dream!
2. Feet-stagrams looks best during the winter
Now you can document your journey across town before you slip, fall, and crack your head.
3. Puddles are nature’s Valentine’s Day gift
And what better way to celebrate love than with the gift of frostbite?
4. Dirt, trash, and snow give the streets a real raw texture
basictown NYC slush out in full force. All the city looks like this and I've ruined two pairs of shoes 😓 Giant icy puddles of questionable depth everywhere. #nycslush #newyorkcity
It's all about aesthetics. There's probably a Tumblr blog dedicated to it.
5. It keeps pedestrians on their toes
Quite literally. Stay on your toes, or you can just say goodbye to the feeling in your feet.
6. It’ll remind you what really matters in life
Clean shoes? Who needs 'em!
7. You’ll always have a game to play during your walk
collandthecity That next step is a doozy! A big deep puddle of NYC slush but nothing my Bogs can't handle #bogs #nycslush #winter2014
It’s everyone’s favorite game: is it a puddle or a deep, dark abyss?
8. Dark grey is totally in this season
But what you don't know is that that snow isn't just grey, it's not silver. It's not nickel. It's actually gun metal.
And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of gun metal gowns... perfect!
9. Drivers save tons of money on gas
You know… because they can’t get their cars out of the slippery slush.
10. You’ll get to bond with your fellow New Yorkers
I’m not stepping in it. You step in it!
11. Nothing compliments litter quite like winter mush
It's official. Winter 2015 will officially be the winter of garbage!
12. The city will shine in a brand new light
The perpetual haze really brings out the best in NYC. Don’t you think?
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