New York Times wax poetic on Detroit’s cold front

We were pretty surprised to open the New York Times and find this little (ahem) gem of a tale.

‘Twas a cold winter day in Detroit, and much like Jane Goodall studied the apes, so to did Monica Davies decide she would examine the Midwesterners going on about their business during the recent cold front.

Excerpt:

Sure, there are hot dogs: two women could be seen here in just
sweaters; someone held a cellphone to his ear with mittenless hands
(metal, brrr). Most were preoccupied not by the temperature, but by the hints its
stiff wind seemed to whisper about the long haul that stretches,
inevitably, ahead. “This is kind of like a prelude,” Mr. Stevens said
quietly.

And then, of course, it snowed. Thanks, guys. The rest of the sketch can be read here.