I know there were some folks grumbling about this winter’s lack of … winter.

And there are some legitimate reasons for people to embrace winter. For one thing, there’s a good number of LBI folks who spend one-third of their winter on the Island, one-third in Vermont and the last third driving back and forth, stopping at Man of Kent Tavern in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., for Double Cheese French Onion Soup.