The tail end of Hudhud went on to cause sudden and severe
snowstorms further north
in Nepal, killing at least 30 people on the Annapurna circuit, a Himalayan
trek that is popular with foreign adventure tourists.
Save one beautiful
snowstorm, our days
in that hotel were bleak — walking the dog
in Midtown and needing to go blocks to find even a tiny patch of earth, making the long
trek to the foreign world of the Madison Square Park playground, cooking for three
in the tiny kitchenette, and other catastrophes major and minor.