Fudge is in the Air! (I wish Spring were too)!

March 21st is supposedly the first day of spring, but I'm not going to bullshit you, as so many blogs and other media seem to be doing. It is colder than a witch's tit in a brass brassiere. According the Park Slope Weather Family, it is actually 33 degrees right now, but with the windchill it feels like 26, and Saturday, it appears we may have a heat wave, as the temperature rises to a balmy 46.

I am not a person who likes sub 60 degree weather, and it makes me much more irritable when it happens outside the months of January and February. On the bright side, it will probably be over for real in a month or so. Last year I angrily wore a puffer coat until April 19th, and then on the 20th everything changed. Everybody stopped wearing their ugly winter gear, and the mood seemed lighter and more hopeful. Although I realize we have a global warming problem, I still assume this tundrazation will finally end in a month or so, just like it did last year.

That said, there are many wonderful Spring and Easter events going on here in Brooklyn this weekend, but do wear a coat. As everyone knows, there are several egghunts going on in Prospect Park and one in DUMBO also. Coney Island opened last weekend, and the Dreamland Roller Rink is opening there this weekend.

Herein lies the only opportunity to excuse this outrageously cold weather. Because we are in frigid New York City attempting to be Springlike....you can hunt for eggs (just don't lick them, because you'll get your tongue stuck), and then you can go to Coney Island, ride the rides, go roller skating, and then you can go ice skating at Abe Star Rink at the Coney Island Board Walk (until it closes for the season on April 6). With the right wardrobe, you can tell Old Man Winter to go fudge himself and have yourself a grand old time.

As for me, as always, I'll be at Tom's Diner (782 Washington Avenue) in Prospect Heights, working the line, giving out nuggets of Brooklyn Fudge to people shivering in the cold.

Welcome Spring!