Apparently we can blame El Nino for this

Date: January 6, 2006
Temperature: 72 degrees (and sunny)
What I wore outside today: Flip-flops and a short-sleeved shirt, with no jacket
What I saw other people wearing: scarves; wool coats; hats; down jackets; fleece vests

It's as if people literally cannot believe their eyes.

Today's entertainment: Walking around Forest Hills Gardens taking pictures of the bare trees; and going into fancy boutique shops on Austin Street and choosing the most outlandishly expensive dresses to try on for fun. Except it turns out there are no mirrors in the dressing room (!), so that kind of took all the fun out of it.