We thought we’d walk through the blizzard in Central Park. Got as far as the reservoir steps before retreating, whipped by wind, pelted by ice, every last inch of us wet and then freezing. This footage does not do justice to much of the magic of that night–thundersnow: lightning in a snowstorm! actual frozen hair!–but […]

A lovely New York day spent in Central Park, the Met (Steichen, his 1904 Flatiron picture below), and Cafe Sabarsky (goulash and spaetzle!), all swirled with icy flurries.