{"id":146,"date":"2003-12-02T16:16:56","date_gmt":"2003-12-02T20:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/2003\/12\/02\/def-december-2\/"},"modified":"2003-12-02T16:16:56","modified_gmt":"2003-12-02T20:16:56","slug":"def-december-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/2003\/12\/02\/def-december-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Def December"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

Snow on the ground means one thing for me: Falling down. It’s not easy being a klutz in New England in the wintertime. In the webloggian spirit of sharing, I bring you<\/FONT><\/P>
\n

Swans’s Winter Tips:<\/FONT><\/P>
\n

Make sure your shoes are properly treaded. Go to the nice shoe man on Prospect Street in Cambridge and ask for Vibram heels – he’ll hook you up.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n

Do not step in the icy slush in the gutters and on street corners. It may look like solid ground, but it’s not. You might sink up to your hip. I speak from experience.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n

Be tidy when brushing your teeth in the morning. If you let the toothpaste foam run all over your mouth and chin, you’ll get an unwelcome, menthol-enhanced chill when you step outside. I guess this tip doesn’t have anything to do with falling down. Moving on.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n

When clearing sidewalks and driveways use sand or ice melt. Some people have a penchant for a melt named “The Heat”, but I like sand. It’s all about the grit. And it makes miniature street beaches in the springtime.<\/FONT><\/P>
\n

And last, but not least: Shovels are for paved surfaces. Smells.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow on the ground means one thing for me: Falling down. It’s not easy being a klutz in New England in the wintertime. In the webloggian spirit of sharing, I bring you Swans’s Winter Tips: Make sure your shoes are properly treaded. Go to the nice shoe man on Prospect Street in Cambridge and ask for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casawalshstories"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/casawalsh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}