Robin’ Hood in a Florida Winter With a Blizzard in New York — IMRAN®

Robin' Hood in a Florida Winter With a Blizzard in New York — IMRAN®

It's amazing how quickly the human body acclimates to its surroundings, and how any hardiness earned from living elsewhere quietly fades away. For someone who considers Manhattan his forever American hometown — and who has been blessed to have a home in New York for nearly four decades — I would always dress appropriately for winter there, but rarely more than a simple winter jacket, even in the most brutal blizzard.

Fourteen years of living in my Apollo Beach, Florida home, with only occasional visits back to New York, have either thinned my blood or simply let that hardiness slip away. Sure, there were days when Tampa Bay dipped into a –8°C windchill, which justified my putting on a full‑fleece, never‑before‑used ski jacket — the one I posted a photo of on the beach with 35‑mph winds gusting to 50, making even that barely comfortable.

But even with temperatures a full 30 degrees warmer than New York, I often find myself choosing a winter jacket for walks with K2 on windy winter days. It helps to have something warm underneath… like being robed in a hood — a modern‑day Robin'Hoodie.

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