This is the first year in quite a while that I haven't either watched or gone to the dog show at Madison Square Garden. It is a very good thing to do on Valentine's day. I think of myself more as an Otter Hound but the photo wasn't as good.

Another NY tradition has also come to an end.  Eisenberg's coffee shop has started serving hamburgers. They had gone for the past 77 years without them but in the past few weeks gave in to burgermania. Today I kept to my plan of matzoh ball soup and a blt. In time I'm sure I'll try the burger but for now I don't think of them that way.