# @plusjames on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BqQ4ebinlBk
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20819081-plusjames-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-11-17T01:56:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** James Ramos (@plusjames) — https://gondola.cc/plusjames

## Caption

“Where the @!*# did this come from?!”
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I heard her say that when I pulled my beanie low just above my eyes. It really was coming down even harder, several #snow flakes and the slipping behind my glasses. I grabbed the railing leading out of the 116th/Columbia #Metro station in case I slipped on the ice I saw forming. She muttered other things I can’t type here as she cut across the street now blanketed in snow. I couldn’t see the little white walk man anymore. 
My friend Daniel brought me to the snow-laden university for a quick penny tour —look at that building, that’s not the library anymore, that’s the library, that’s the J-School— before heading to a Greek restaurant for lunch. The snow made his beard even whiter than usual (sorry Daniel 😂 ) and he looked more like The Most Interesting Man In The World than the Venezuelan guitar playing professor I met in Jordan. 
The sky was a white ghost laughing at us all and the grass disappeared. This was my second time to see snow in 2018. The last time was in #BanffNP in Calgary, but it wasn’t this bad, there I only saw flurries. Later I learned six inches fell across the NY region. It seemed to freeze time: kids slept in schools, there was an 20-car crash, Metro was delayed/jammed/going crazy, and the city was icing over.
Still, life goes on. Or at least it tries to. I helped a mom lift up her child in a poncho-covered stroller over a deep puddle. Her daughter was bundled in a big coat, but was clutching ballet slippers. And Chipotle was still open. -
By the end of my outdoor adventures, I’m glad I had help getting around because the street signs looked like gingerbread decorations and the sun was gone and Google Maps was on the fritz so, no, I don’t know which way is north anymore. I had asked the mom where 37th Street was, she pointed the other way, I laughed and she said good luck in the snow. It’s obvious I’m not from here, right? 😂
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I’d never seen this much snowfall before — I was giddy, terrified, wet, cold, thrilled, scared and happy. This was Christmas for Thanksgiving for me! But... I’m happy to leave it behind, no lie. #snowmageddon #sNOwthanksavery #AveryCanYouNot #IAmFromTexas

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snow, iamfromtexas, banffnp, metro, averycanyounot, snowthanksavery, snowmageddon

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