A noble sentinel.
A noble sentinel. Matt Baume

What a dream this weekend was โ€” a fluffy white playground of a city for two days, with an extra excuse for making out and eating chocolate thrown in on Sunday. Itโ€™s all melting away now (the snow, that isโ€”hopefully not the chocolate) like a cozy memory dissolving in the wakeful rain of yet another Monday, but weโ€™ll always have the photos to confirm that the weekendโ€™s fluffy trance was real.

On that topic, thank you to everyone who tweeted lovely photos of their snowy adventures at me. (Especially the various snow-genitals.) What an absolute joy to see all the ways in which everyone made the most of our temporary ice world โ€” your ski journeys, your sculptures, your tromping dogs with knit sweaters and stubby legs were as a much a part of the magic as the weather. Read on to see how your neighbors kept busy this weekend, starting with this cat with an ass that won’t quit:

Matt Baume covered geek culture, queer news, and city infrastructure, and would leap at the flimsiest of excuses to write about furries. A writer, podcaster, and videomaker, he resides on Capitol Hill...