BUFFALO, N.Y. — For some families, it's been a week of being cooped up in the house. So Thursday afternoon, a local bookstore opened to host a special snow day.
Alice, Ever After Books on Parkside Avenue in Buffalo opened for three hours to give families a break from being stuck at home for most of the week.
From noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday, bookshop owner Meg Howe hosted people who could safely drive to Parkside or walk from the neighborhood for a special snow day. They had story time, played with a parachute, and toys and just got a break from being stuck at home.
"We are here for the community who has been stuck inside, especially those with their kiddos, and school is cancelled for the third day in a row, and people in the neighborhood have been sledding, but sometimes you just need somebody else to entertain your child for a minute other than the endless movies and sledding," said Alice, Ever After Books owner Meg Howe.
Howe's partner is working from home, so she's also juggling child care duties with being able to open up the shop.
"Parents hang out, kids hang out, we'll do a story time if we have a few kids here, you know, people walk around and explore. There's really no pressure to buy anything. We're not here, I mean obviously we, just like every small business in Buffalo, this has been a hard week, but we also want a place for people to come and hang out. Community is at the heart of what we do here," Howe said.
Since there's no school again on Friday for a lot of districts, she might do this again. You can check out the website and Facebook page for updates.