Happy New Year!

It's us, the Curious City Crew, and we're doing something we've never done on a podcast before.

We're ice skating.

Or trying to ice skate.

We're at Navy Pier's temporary ice rink to state the obvious.

It's cold and it's winter. And does it feel like we haven't seen the sun in forever?

Yeah. I mean, oh, it's the worst.

I don't know, I kind of love winter.

You get to do things like sledding and ice skating.

Maybe the number one question we get as Chicago in during the winter is, why do we live here?

Well, we can't answer that question, but we have gotten a bunch of other winter-related queries over the years.

Like, how much sun do we actually get during the winter?

How does the road salt runoff affect our lake and ecosystem?

Or where can I take my dog for fun when it's cold out?

How can we avoid falling ice?

Well, today, we've got a bunch of answers that we hope will help you through the frigid temps.

But first, this was fun at all, but my feet are killing me,

and let's get off the ice before someone gets hurt.

Most likely me.

But more's coming up.

How you doing, Jill?

Good.

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