Great weather weekend. The city came out of hibernation. Yesterday was the kind of day you think about in January when it's 8 degrees outside with winds of 20 mph. The high temperature was 74 with light winds. However, a backdoor cold front moved through last night and the polar vortex is returning for what may be its last visit of the season (hopefully). You can see this beautifully on the 12-hour water vapor loop, which shows a trough digging its feet into an area near Maine and Georges Bank, spinning back southward through New England and down into Maryland.

Brunch at Rachel's on 9th Avenue featured good food but quirky to impolite service; coffee was served out of a milk saucer for some reason, and the waiter abruptly cut me off to ask if everything was okay.

I noticed that the UPS store on 8th Avenue in Chelsea is participating in a clever promotional partnership: you can eBay your stuff there. Nice. Definitely a logical fit. Does this mean that UPS should merge with eBay? No.