Don'r remind me. I went to school at Albany St. Once the frost appears in Oct/Nov. it will be the last time you see grass until April or May. They have a hugh fountain in the middle of the campus. Sum years it was totally useless. As soon as it started to warm in late April, the rains would come and last thru May.

>>> invigorating weather (cold, but not brutally so), etc.
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>>Cold? C'mon, you're just 100 miles more north than I am. Can't possibly be cold. Slightly chilly, I'd agree, or just chilly if there's wind.
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>This is only my second winter in CA and I just don't relate to it yet. I lived in NYC and Upstate NY until I was 35 so my memories of what Christmas weather should be like are kind of ingrained.