Your Hipster-Ass Snow Day Check List

by | Feb 12, 2014 | COMMUNITY

Charge up your iPhone and get your snow shoes out of storage, you’re not gonna be able to do much for the next 48 hours as RVA gets buried in snow. Here’s a list of the important shit you’ll need…

Charge up your iPhone and get your snow shoes out of storage, you’re not gonna be able to do much for the next 48 hours as RVA gets buried in snow. Here’s a list of the important shit you’ll need… or wont, whatever.

PBR
WHY: You’ll need something to drink until Helen’s is open, right?

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iPhone Gloves
WHY: So you can insta your snowman.

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Vintage Snowshoes
WHY: Cause nothing says “I’m over snow” like literally standing on top of it.

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Crank Wheel Record Player
WHY: In case your power goes out… you can still listen listen to Neutral Milk Hotel.

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Norwegian Sweaters
WHY: Because it’s all about looking like you’re in your 70s in the snow… all about that lookbook pic being like Sigur Ros.

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Mustache Wax
WHY: Keep that stache in check despite the cold.

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Ukelele
WHY: Ukelele in the winter… how ironic is that?

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Good Whiskey
WHY: To start your drinking.

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Shitty Whisky
WHY: To finish your drinking.

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Wayfarers
WHY: The hangover from all that shitty whisky and PBR will be much more fashionable with these $150 sunglasses.

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Snow Chains for Your Bike
WHY: All terrain mother fucker!

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Bike Sock
WHY: To keep your bike warm and rationalize that knitting kit you never use.

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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