{"id":1001,"date":"2013-02-01T12:34:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T16:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2013-02-01T12:34:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T16:34:20","slug":"alexa-how-to-survive-the-cold-in-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/02\/01\/alexa-how-to-survive-the-cold-in-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa: How to Survive the Cold in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-278\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"Alexa Image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image-150x150.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/files\/2012\/01\/Alexa-Image.jpg 869w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>To be fair, I was warned about a New England winter. They said it would be a cold; but you\u2019d have to live in to understand. My freshmen year, winter in Boston wasn\u2019t that bad so I was pretty confident I could survive the cold, however this year is a different story. It\u2019s not cold, it\u2019s freezing. However, I\u2019ve found three things that help keep a California girl warm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Invest in a good jacket<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seriously, it\u2019s worth the price. You can try and compensate with layers of sweatshirts but nothing is better than a good down jacket.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wear gloves<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I learned the hard way that gloves are not a fashion statement; they are a necessity. It\u2019s quite hard to function in class when your hands are numb from the cold.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be Positive<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My dad used to tell me that being cold was a state of mind. In California, cold is definitely a state of mind but in Boston I can\u2019t say the same. However, the cold isn\u2019t fun for anyone so complaining about it won\u2019t make it any warmer. (I\u2019m looking at you everyone who tweeted: &#8220;OMG it\u2019s 2 degrees out!? NO!\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Instead look at the positives of colder weather! Like, still being able to wear your favorite scarf, witnessing the magic of snowfall or still being able to order a hot chocolate from Starbucks because it\u2019s cold and no one can judge you.<\/p>\n<p>On the brighter side, spring is almost here! That means, we\u2019re closer to open house in April where I get to meet all of you wonderful, perfect prospective students! It also means Marathon Monday is closer, but that\u2019s another blog post discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be fair, I was warned about a New England winter. They said it would be a cold; but you\u2019d have to live in to understand. My freshmen year, winter in Boston wasn\u2019t that bad so I was pretty confident I could survive the cold, however this year is a different story. It\u2019s not cold, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2013\/02\/01\/alexa-how-to-survive-the-cold-in-boston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alexa: How to Survive the Cold in Boston<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3892,7281,257,7270],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1001\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}