Voices: Weathering and even enjoying the storm

(Video by Milton Valencia)

A young attorney, a father and son, and a little boy with a sled -- none of them were fazed by the snowstorm.

By Milton Valencia and Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Staff

Some vignettes of people coping with -- and even enjoying -- today's storm:

Daniel Niekerk of South Africa was the last vendor still selling in Downtown Crossing at about 4 p.m. today.

The T-shirts, sweatshirts, and other items he was selling were getting dusted with snow, but he was wiping them off with another shirt.

“It doesn’t get too wet,” he said.

He said business had been good. “As soon as the snow started, people got desperate and suddenly bought,” he said.

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On Boston Common, people strolled, enjoying the picturesque scene. One enterprising boy had brought a sled. A group of exchange students took pictures to remember their first snowfall.

At the Brewer Fountain, Asif Jilani, 42, of Boston and his wife, Jennifer, brought their 20-month-old son, Aleisander, for a stroll for his first snowstorm.

“I’m glad we can walk around and enjoy it,” he said. “It’s beautiful.”

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Diana Grinwis and Mark Strubler, both 22, were among the disappointed travelers who encountered numerous delays and cancellations at Logan International Airport tonight.

They said they would not make it home to Detroit to celebrate Grinwis’s graduation from Northeastern University at a family party tonight.

“We’re ready to go home,” Strubler said, as his girlfriend talked on the phone with Expedia. “We’re just hoping tomorrow goes well. Then we’ll make it to the Christmas party on Sunday.”

The couple said it wasn’t the first time they had been delayed at Logan.

“We love Logan,” Grinwis said, with a sarcastic laugh. “And Logan loves us.”

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