In fact, after the long dark month of January, we can hardly be blamed for reaching for the odd comforting slice of cake or glass of wine - and perhaps a month of freezing rain is not the best time to decide you're now an 'outdoorsy' person.
"So we had a window," Mr. Loewy said, referring to a dark month.
But that spirit-lifting win may prove to be an isolated flash of light in an otherwise dark month.
Instead of playing golf or riding a bike during that first, dark month of the off-season, he rehabilitated his torn hamstring.
In what has been a dark month for cycling in the capital, two more people were seriously injured today – adding to the two taken to hospital after severe crashes yesterday.
Though several productions had planned limited runs and others arguably had it coming, a shocking number of Broadway shows will be closing on Sunday, making the first full week of 2009 a bleak start to what is likely to be a dark month (and possibly a dreary year) for New York theater.
