Happy back hun.....

V.

I'm back, and have eaten enough pie and donuts to kill a normal, but lesser man! ;) Survival of the fattest! :P

Your from Kansas City!? :o

Yep! Not born an raised, though. I just recently moved over here to get the heck out of Florida. What? Too close for comfort? ;)

Hehe not at all. Just not too many furs around this area. What do you think so far of this fair city, and about the snow today?

I love all the old buildings! I totally want to live in the West Bottoms, and the music scene over here is awesome!

The last time I was in snow, was back in 1995, when I visited Washington D.C.

It's kind of weird... when it snows, it doesn't feel that cold. :)

I'm a little nervous about driving in the stuff, tho...

Yeah besides New Orleans we are known for our jazz. The city just knocked over a lot of older buildings to put up that sprint center this year. Plus what they call the power and light district across the street.

That's a long time to go without seeing snow, I always feel withdrawls if Kansas City goes a season without it. And it has happened. But trust me on this, November and December are just the "warm up" for what is to come. January and February are the cold months. But it does take a steady hand on the wheel to drive in it. Just not too fast and not so slow that someone going to fast slides into you and you'll be fine.

As far as the weather changes you mentioned, you'll get used to them eventually. ;)

If you need help finding anything, let me know. I've lived in the area all my life and know it pretty well.

We did go once to the... I can't remember the name of the street, but it's the one with the jazz museum and all, and listened to a bunch of awesome music over there. I love seeing/hearing really talented people play! It makes me want to start practicing my saxophone again.

Yeah, we're not too fond of the Sprint Center, actually. We were just recently living in the Downtown area, and they planned for no parking whatsoever-- clogs the living daylights out of those streets... (Right now, we're in the process of moving to Grain Valley. Love it out here!!!)

So far, it's pretty fun romping in the snow... it's funny, but I have coats that are almost 10 years old, but look brand new thanks to florida's "intense" winters. ;)

I can't recall the name of the street either. I know where your talking about though.

I had heard there was no parking other than the dilapidated lots strung around the buildings. I don't think the engineers and planners KC hired really know what they are doing anyway.

Grain Valley is a great place, my pop lives in Oak Grove, just a bit east of there. I actually live on the Kansas side, in Tonganoxie.

What's the coldest you ever experienced in Florida?

Watch that ice out there this week! One of the bad parts of the winters around here the annual ice storms. >.<

Oh, the parking is horrendous! Practically the whole area freezes into one giant traffic jam. I never took an architecture, or civil engineering course in my life, but I could have told the city that!

The coldest I experienced in Florida was around 20 degrees... It was a freak cold snap in the early 90's, and we went FISHING. ;) We were soaking wet, coverred in ice... my castnet practically froze together in a clump if I didn't throw it soon enough.

What we were doing, is we knew of a few deep holes in shallow water, and the old salts that lived in the area told us the fish would hide in those holes... and they were right! Every cast was full of wriggling fish of all kinds. It was so surreal...

I don't know if it's legal, but I've actually been having fun with the ice--- doing donuts in parking lots and all. If it wasn't for the fact that you can't stop, it's almost like racing on a dirt track...