5 Straight Weekend Snowstorms!

Can you believe it? As of today, Sunday, Jan. 21, Boulder has been socked with five straight weekend snowstorms since Christmas.

I wandered out for a bit this morning, and businesses are clearly feeling the hit as cabin-fever weary residents seem content to stay at home and just not bother digging out anymore. Stores have snow shovels, de-icers, bags of salt and sleds prominently displayed, but who cares?

Retailers are practically giving away their over-stocked winter wear, running 50% off sales but huge mall parking lots are especially empty for this time of year.

Small businesses like restaurants and bars, hairdressers, the bike couriers, of course, report they're getting hammered by loss of weekend business.

Skiers seem happy -- I've seen a lot of cross-country skiers out on freezing mornings gliding around the new city park on Valmont, near where I work. And for those braving huge traffic jams and the occasional avalanche on the way up to the mountain ski areas, it's a great time to enjoy the powder conditions. Getting back down I-70 on a Sunday evening is another story, with fellow employees reporting drives as long as five hours to get back to Boulder.

Myself? Well after a few weekends of this I'm off to sunny Puerto Vallarta this Thursday for a conference of business newspaper publishers at the Alliance of Area Business Publications. It feels strange to be pulling out my golf bag, but forecast is for 89 degrees in Mexico!

Adios snow!

Comments

[John Gray]

Dear Mr. Lewis:

I love the blog and I love the BCBR! You folks do a great job. By the way, I love the dogs, too!

Keep up the great work.

--John

[Danielle]

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and
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D