Polar vortex calls for comfy parkas and hot tea

January's bone-chilling cold is here and it has hit hard in many states, some places like North Dakota is like the new Antarctica. I'm picturing the life of polar bears, penguins, albatross, Antarctic fur seals, and Orcas and how nature has equipped them with naturally fat and fur as insulation. Unlike  these polar ice animals, we spend a lot of money to  keep ourselves warm in the winter. One of the cheapest way to keep warm though -- is simply by drinking hot tea. My favorite is jasmine tea. I drink up to 5 cups of hot tea a day when it gets really cold.

Snaps of me after snowfall

My area got quite a bit of snow yesterday, and the 17 degrees Fahrenheit weather called for something I don't usually wear unless it's colder than usual -- my brown fur-lined hooded parka. I still needed a couple of layers underneath it, but it absolutely does its job. I used to think parkas were more utility-like than for style because swimmers wear them; and I was a swimmer a long time ago! I guess time has changed many things, including how parkas have evolved into such stylish winter essentials.

 Wearing H& padded parka //A.McQueen
"Parka With Faux Fur-trimmed Hood" (similar)
 

RAG AND BONE PARKAS

Do you need help finding a parka? Check out some of my selection below. I picked out 10 different styles, each one has something I really like.  The backdrop are photos of the partially frozen Niagara Falls when hit by the polar vortex.

 1. Sam Fur lined parka (buy) 
2. SAM Detachable Fur Lined Hooded Parka (buy) 
  3.Snow Rhumba Hooded Parka Coat (buy)

4. Klein Shearling Parka Jacket (buy)
5. Fred Perry Snorkal Parka (buy) 
6. Free People Womens Rendered Denim Parka

7.  Foce  Egizia Parka (buy)
8.  Colorblock Leather Trimmed Fur Hooded Parka (buy) 

9. Fendi  "Parka With Fur"



10. "W's Literary Walk Eskimo Fur-lined Parka"


 
BRUNELLO CUCINELLI fur collar coat


MONCLER 'Grillon' parka


CANADA GOOSE Montebello parka


Additional Styles from Nordstrom:
1. Topshop 'Joey' Parka
2. 1 Madison Faux Fur Trim Parka
3. s13/NYC Field Parka Anorak

Partially Frozen Niagara Falls