Flip those PJ’s inside out? Some ideas to bring winter weather back to Seattle
Scott Sistek 
Photographic proof it has snowed in Seattle during modern times...
Mother Nature’s winter menu so far this year has been an exercise in the mundane, leaving us with essentially two choices:
- Pineapple Express au jus: A tropically-infused dish that is slow cooked for days and delivered straight from Hawaii that will flood your senses. Served: Warm and moist
- Eternal Ridge Flambe: A spicy hot dish that will clear your skies and your sinuses though the heat may leave you prone to a brief fog. Served aside plain water with melted ice.
(* I am in no way a chef — Mac N’ Cheese is a challenge. So if I’ve mangled the menu, foodies can let me know in the comments below…)
Is there any way to add to the menu and find a choice “C”? Winter fans are hungry for something new!
So far, no luck getting the chef to cooperate. After two months of the Pineapple Express, January has been in eternal ridge.
Even now with the rain briefly back we’re on the tropical “Pineapple-y Express” mild side… until eternal ridge looks to return again next week.
FLIP THOSE JAMMIES INSIDE OUT?
I turned to the internet to see what we winter fans might be able to do to spice things up a bit.
Over the years, people who grew up in the Midwest or East Coast have shared in my blog some of their tried and true superstitions to try to coax some snow out of the atmosphere.
The two most common I heard were:
– Going to bed wearing your pajamas inside out (or backwards) or
– Flushing ice cubes down the toilet
But also mentioned were:
– Putting a spoon under your pillow (? — anyone got the logic behind this one?)
– Placing a white crayon in your freezer.
(Not mentioned but other ideas?
– Change the name of your cat to “Elsa”
– Tell everyone it will definitely not snow any more this winter. (Mother Nature loves a good jinx?))
Granted, those suggestions were usually deployed when potential snow was in the forecast for the next morning and getting school canceled at all costs was the primary objective (though some cities like New York City now just do online school when there’s inclement weather and have essentially killed snow days. BOOOO!)
Not sure how these superstitions work when snow is nowhere near the forecast. But… couldn’t hurt?
If you’re from places that… you know, have actual winter, do you have any other superstitions or tricks we can use to bring winter back?
Or at least maybe trade a few days’ weather with the East Coast, just to give them a break? Long range outlook remains cold for them.
Take off your snow tires in early February…