Saturday, December 19, 2009
WHY WE MOVED
They said this could be in the top ten of great storms. But they are always saying shit like that.
I remember the 1978 blizzard that crippled Boston and the Northeast. it was the drifting as much as anything.
John and I had reservations in Florida and the day we were to leave, Logan was still closed.
But the trains were going to run and airports were open in NYC.
So we got seats out of Newark and took the first train out of South Station. Well, Back Bay.
I remember carrying suitcases through the drifts to get there with people hollering at us. "Where do you think you are going?". "Florida" we would say.
We would all laugh. Well, us more than them.
We got to New York and Newark and Ft. Lauderdale. 12 hours late. But there.
There were still guys from Boston at the hotel (the old gay Marlin Beach of dubious fame and ill repute) because Logan was still closed. We knew a few of them. Familiar bar queens and clones.
A good time was had by all.
The photo is on Beacon Hill at the height of the storm.
Labels: back east, Boston, weather
