#winter2015

Health & Fitness | Wheels

It's Time to Embrace Riding in the Rain | Bicycling

Into every cyclist’s life a sprinkle, shower, or torrential downpour inevitably comes—but with the right gear, skills, and attitude, riding in wet weather can precipitate a sense of freedom, joy, and accomplishment.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice

9 Easy Ways to Lower Your Heating Bill This Winter | Mental Floss

Unless you live in a scorching climate, heating your home is a necessary and unavoidable expense every winter. Rather than just accepting this as an annual hit to your wallet, try out some of these helpful tips to raise the heat and lower your bills.

Travel | Travel

Small California Ski Resorts Struggle After 4 Years of Droughts – Skift

With California entering its fourth drought year, even some big resorts with millions of dollars in modern snow-making equipment don't have all their lifts

Humor | Humor

Neighbors Come Together To Watch BMW Owner Struggle In Snow | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

EVANSTON, IL—Putting aside their own responsibilities and quickly gathering at their neighbor’s driveway, Foster Street residents reportedly came together Monday to watch a BMW owner struggle to free his car from the snow.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Blizzard 2015: New England Buried, NYC Lifts Travel Ban

BLIZZARD '15: THE LATESTMassachusetts snow reaches 30 inchesPower out, heavy flooding on NantucketNYC and N.J. lift travel bans ...

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

New York dodges a bullet, but Boston still in the bull's-eye of 'historic' storm - CNN.com

The Boston Common is buried in white. Manhattan is a breathing a sigh of relief. Parts of the New England coastline are being whipped by winds and waves.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Why the world seems quieter when it snows

When a fresh batch of snow falls to the ground, the world tends to quiet down. Here's why:

Advice & Self-Help | Chicago

Drone Video Of Frozen Chicago Will Take Your Breath Away

Thanks to last year’s historic polar vortex conditions, we already know that Chicago is eerily beautiful from above during the winter -- but now we have video proof. On Sunday, photographer Colin Hinkle released a compilation of footage offe...