Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Top 10 Ways You Know It's Spring in Syracuse

10. Since it's April 1, You can park on the streets without fear of snowplows or ticketing
9. There is gravel along the curbs because people raked it out of their lawns from the winter
8. The many pool and patio stores are now open for business
7. People are wearing shorts and sandals, even though it technically has not hit 70.  I'm not sure it even hit 60 today.
6. The bushes are getting un-burlapped.  
5. The snowplows are no longer parked in Wegman's parking lot, waiting for action
4. People have removed their snow stakes from the driveways
3. People sound like they are joking when they say "You know it's going to snow again" as opposed to pessimistic and forewarning.
2. Carol's Polar Parlor, the most popular ice cream place in town, is open for business again
and....
1. People are pimpin' out their garages again!

5 comments:

Nichole said...

Garage pimpin' has to be #1!!

Amanda said...

What exactly is garage pimpin'?

Tiffany said...

Amanda, you have to see it to believe. People convert their garages into patio rooms with screen doors. Some of 'em are real fancy.

Kristy said...

Such different signs from D.C. :)

Amanda said...

Hilarious! I've never heard of such a thing. Does MTV know about this? I can see a new show.