February may be the shortest month of the year, but there are times when it feels like the longest. For us, this winter has been pretty wacky --- some days have been rainy and warm, others have been snowy and freezing. But no matter what the temperature, our favorite winter escape is always a good book.

February may be the shortest month of the year, but there are times when it feels like the longest. For us, this winter has been pretty wacky --- some days have been rainy and warm, others have been snowy and freezing. But no matter what the temperature, our favorite winter escape is always a good book.

February may be the shortest month of the year, but there are times when it feels like the longest. This weekend there were some bright sunny days in New York, but the whipping winds brought us back to the reality of winter. Our favorite winter escape --- a book.

This week we had a record breaking snowfall so my younger son got a chance to get the sleds out and build a snow fort, but the snow left almost as fast as it came. The latter is great news since now I can take my car in and get the salt washed off of it. I park in a garage in the city where a number of record company execs keep their cars and their drivers are on standby waiting to chauffeur them around town. All of their cars gleam even on the saltiest of days. I always feel like my car is so grungy by comparison especially since it's black. Maybe I should just pay them to wash mine, too!