{"id":2103,"date":"2016-01-26T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T16:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=2103"},"modified":"2016-01-25T09:42:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T14:42:13","slug":"alex-a-californians-guide-to-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2016\/01\/26\/alex-a-californians-guide-to-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex: A Californian\u2019s Guide to Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who had always lived in sunny Southern California and had never experienced a winter that dropped below 50 degrees during the day, my first winter in Boston last year definitely came as a shock. As I reflect back on my freshman year winter, I think of some of the many mistakes I made the first time around and how to beat winter this year.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 5 things I wish I had known for my first real winter:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Your toes don\u2019t have to be\/should not feel frozen<br \/>\nI wish I had known that while you MIGHT be able to survive winter with just Hunter rain boots and a couple pairs of thin socks, it doesn\u2019t mean you should! Snow boots aren\u2019t always necessary but some thicker socks would have definitely decreased my worries of losing toes to hypothermia.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t be afraid to dress like the little brother from A Christmas Story<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re like me and have a low tolerance for cold temperatures, it\u2019s better to look like a giant marshmallow than to be miserable and freezing. If layers upon layers makes for an easier walk to class than I\u2019m all for it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/comblog\/files\/2016\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"210\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2104\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Watch your step.<br \/>\nThis is a direct reference to the slippery metal death traps on the BU Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>4.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Fleece-lined _____.<br \/>\nFleece-lined tights, fleece-lined gloves, fleece-lined hats, fleece-lined flannels\u2026.the possibilities are endless! These are real game changers.<\/p>\n<p>5.<span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Don\u2019t spend your entire semester indoors.<br \/>\nSome spots in Boston look the best with a layer of snow. You go to school in one of the most beautiful cities in the world so bundle up and go explore it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who had always lived in sunny Southern California and had never experienced a winter that dropped below 50 degrees during the day, my first winter in Boston last year definitely came as a shock. As I reflect back on my freshman year winter, I think of some of the many mistakes I made &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2016\/01\/26\/alex-a-californians-guide-to-winter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alex: A Californian\u2019s Guide to Winter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44423],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103"}],"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=2103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2103\/revisions\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}