{"id":143263,"date":"2026-02-23T23:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143263\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T23:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:06:09","slug":"how-was-your-weekend-staying-cozy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/143263\/","title":{"rendered":"How Was Your Weekend? Staying Cozy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d6ee2935-44d7-432d-9d93-270e9ce45887-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn snowstorm 2026\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353714\"  \/><\/p>\n<p data-image-hide=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d6ee2935-44d7-432d-9d93-270e9ce45887-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn snowstorm 2026\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353714\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>My loves, how was your weekend? Brooklyn got a whopping two feet of snow! The tree branches look so beautiful, and how many snowmen can you spot above?<\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"1\" data-article-image-position2=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8119-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"snowy Brooklyn\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353716\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>This was our street this morning! Fifteen-year-old Toby was THRILLED when Mayor Mamdani announced that Monday would be a snow day.<\/p>\n<p>Side note: When Mamdani was running for mayor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DK0c8-oxU-r\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he famously corrected the pronunciation of his name<\/a> at the Democratic primary debate, and I loved this Instagram reel response.<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"2\" data-article-image-position1=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_8045-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353715\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, Toby and I met our friend Claire and her daughter at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=saltangs&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sal Tang\u2019s<\/a>, a Cantonese-American restaurant near us.<\/p>\n<p data-bleed=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"3\" data-article-image-position1=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fortune-cookie-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353712\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>And after dinner, Claire got the world\u2019s worst fortune. I mean, is that even a fortune? Sounds more like a threat.<\/p>\n<p data-offset=\"1\" data-article-image=\"1\" data-article-image-position=\"4\" data-article-image-position2=\"4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0841-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"anton\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-353754\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Anton and his dad are traveling and their flight got canceled because of the snowstorm! Extended time apart from your kids is a hard part of <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2023\/09\/25\/divorce-what-surprised-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">divorce<\/a>, I have to say. I miss that little guy so much. Counting the hours until he gets home on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? How was your weekend? Are you staying warm?<\/p>\n<p>P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2021\/08\/16\/mash-fortune-telling-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A fortune-telling game to play with kids<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2021\/01\/07\/winter-survival-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">14 readers on staying upbeat this winter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2025\/11\/06\/a-very-low-key-winter-checklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a very low-key winter checklist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/cupofjo.com\/2026\/02\/23\/brooklyn-snowstorm-2026\/#respond\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>0 COMMENTS<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My loves, how was your weekend? Brooklyn got a whopping two feet of snow! 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