The wacky SoCal winter ritual that has my man sleeping in his car tell me Im not alone
Something is happening to the men of Southern California.It happens every October.The beaches are still beautiful, people are walking around in shorts and the weather is perfectly suited to doing absolutely nothing.Yet a certain population of men has begun preparing for winter as though they’ve received classified intelligence about an approaching invasion.
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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story The snowboarders are mobilizing, and I know this because there’s one in my life.He’s been shopping for new snowboard pants, securing his Ikon Pass and studying winter forecasts with the intensity of a man preparing to launch a satellite.Apparently, El Niño is coming, and every snowboarder in California would like to know exactly what that means for powder.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Not rain.
Not flooding.Not whether the gutters need cleaning.Powder.Suddenly, the weather has become a matter of enormous personal significance to men who spent the summer wearing flip-flops and forgetting to put on sunscreen.I have learned more about projected snowfall in the Eastern Sierra than I ever expected to know.Mammoth is no longer a mountain; it’s a developing situation.Big Bear is on standby, and every storm system forming over the Pacific is being evaluated for its potential to interfere with ordinary human relationships.This is one of the great contradictions of living in Southern California.We have beaches, palm trees, year-round sunshine and people who pull out their UGG boots when the temperature dr...