Geez. I'm with you on this cold weather.  I was born and raised in Oceanside, California and a cold day was anything below sixty degrees.  So I'm a "weather wimp."  

Over the past 20 years maybe that local coffee and beer have gotten better, but, man, they've also gotten way more expensive.  Twenty years ago a buck would buy you a coffee or a beer almost anywhere you go.  Now a decent coffee is at least three bucks and any bar with windows which aren't patched with plywood charges four to five bucks for that "dollar" beer.  But, yeah, that local craft beer is good and the coffee's better too.

Everything else?  "Well, let's see.  Our fruit trees have grown and we now get far more fruit from them.  The 15 acres of "reprod" forest we planted 23 years ago are now 40 feet high and doing great.  ....and I've lived an extra twenty years....that ain't bad.

anyway, thanks for holding that door for me and I enjoyed visiting....best to ya