It only feels about 104 degrees warmer in Los Angeles than in Chicago when you factor in the wind chill. Yes I feel like an asshole pointing this out but at least I’m not being as blunt about it as my buddy Adam Rose, who posted a sun-drenched photo essay titled, “28 Things to do in Los Angeles in the Dead of Winter” this afternoon.
So to all of you back in the Chi, once you spend a “winter” in Los Angeles, you’ll never understand how or why many people withstand the endless bitter chill by choice. I always say there are 3 seasons here and 3 in chicago. LA has no winter, only a loooong fall. Chicago’s winter tends to skip spring.
I feel for you all — I remember what it’s like. but I am boiling right now in my office with the A/C on and the fan on high with the setting sun beating on my face. Apparently we topped out at 86 today, but hey — I’ve been in the office all day. You know those 75 and sunny with no humidity days that are so rare in Chicago? Yeah, that happens about 300 days a year here.
OK you can punch me now.
That's okay — everyone in Chicago lives for the six months of May – October when there are plenty of things to do in Chicago. Living in such a cold place allows us to get some great warm weather vacations away from the cold.
Yep, that's rubbing it in. I think my face fell off as I was walking into work today.
New blog post with chilling graphics: http://tinyurl.com/7jposy — Days like these make me wonder how I ever survived those midwest winters.