A couple strolled through Boston Common in the snow.

Charles Street was empty as a parking ban went into effect at noon.

Waves and strong winds battered the coast along Oceanside Drive in Scituate.

Mayor Menino held a meeting on the winter storm in his office at City Hall.

Resse Studebaker of Hingham didn't mind the weather as she made a snow angel at a bus stop.

Two men checked for flight updates at Logan Airport.

A mail carrier went about his route as a plow passed by in Lawrence.

Katie Barrow carried her groceries in Beacon Hill.

Children slid down the "Monster Sled" at Fenway Park.

MBTA workers kept the tracks and surrounding areas clear on Beacon Street.

Wind-blown snow on Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy made for dangerous early afternoon travel.

Two-month-old Jack Hsi took a nap while sheltered in his baby carriage in Boston.

Waves crashed against the seawall near high tide in Lynn.

A man held a cup of coffee while bicycling in the snow in Lawrence.

Terrance Byron shoveled on Washington Street in Wellesley.

Joe McCarthy and Alberto Alvarado cleared snow outside the JFK building in Boston's Government Center.

A pedestrian crossed the street in Lawrence.

A pedestrian walked through the snow outside the Pet Store on Harvard Street in Allston.