Salem, Massachusetts is one of those places where everyone seems to be outdoors all the time. But, what happens if you are visiting on a day when the weather is not cooperating? Here is our list of 10 things to do (in season) when the weather sucks.

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Whats going on in Salem MA the weekend of February 22nd
Special Events
Runway Fashion Show
The Woman’s Friend Society is hosting their biggest fund raiser of the year, their Runway Fashion Show at the Salem Waterfront Hotel, Friday, Feb. 22. A cash bar with hot and cold hors d’oeuvres opens at 6:30 p.m., and the show [...]

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Salem’s 6th Annual Salem’s So Sweet Chocolate & Ice Sculpture Festival went pretty much as predicted with the weather playing a major role in its outcome. This year it was warm with intermittent snow and rain. Even through the poor weather conditions we were able to grab some photos. You [...]

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I went out last night and took a bunch of photos, Salem like many places looks so pretty when covered in the white stuff. This morning however I was walking down by the PEM and saw this, it just made me chuckle.

His and hers park bench 

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Today the people of Salem woke up to the first blizzard of 2008. It’s blustery and the snow is still falling. Piling up is some of the best snowball snow you can find. Wet but not too slushy.

A month ago I wrote about how to deal with your snow day in Salem. [...]

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With the threat of an impending Nor’easter Salem has enacted a snow emergency to go into effect from noon today until further notice.

photo from the February ‘06 blizzard
So there’s a snow emergency, I know what your thinking - “I need to run to the grocery and get some bread, milk and eggs.” [...]

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