Snow Day? No Way

It is not that often is snows in Seattle. This city is far from prepared to handle it, and everything shuts down.

I have not lived in the city long enough to witness this for myself, but I have been told of the snow of three years ago that had city buses dangling like fragile icicles from the bridges above the interstate. My friends talk of the amazing sledding down Denny Way, the street just outside my window.

Today it snowed for hard for five to 10 minutes. It snowed like it does in other places where I have lived. Then it stopped. Nothing stuck to the ground. It was too warm. The rest of the afternoon, the snow trickled down briefly from time to time. Again, nothing to stop traffic.

People got extremely excited. Facebook status updates were screaming with all caps, "IT'S SNOWING IN QUEEN ANNE!" and "IT'S SNOWING. IT'S SNOWING!"

Admittedly, I was a little excited to see the snow fall. And I'm a little hopeful more comes tomorrow. In the end, it reminded me of this beautiful Starbucks commercial that was just released and the incredible song by Matt Pond PA that sets the scene so beautifully. Enjoy.