What a great three-day weekend. Monday off really felt like an extra day off, which is always nice. We've been swamped here and May will be yet another record-breaking month due to the simultaneous launches of a new Web site, new brochure and new home page all in the next few weeks (not all for the same client).

We did have warm weather over the weekend, but we're still waiting for that "breakout" summer day. The upper atmosphere was just too cold. Mornings were sunny, but rising heat generated clouds and showers in the afternoon, and with a sea breeze, it became a little chilly. Some computer models are showing warmer air at all levels moving in by the weekend, but that's too far off to be reliable, and before then it looks like we'll have another bout with cool maritime air. (But not nearly as severe as last week.)

There were tough times on the M11 bus route yesterday. The back door would not close, so each time someone got off, the driver had to turn off the bus and turn it on again. This is the first time in thousands of bus rides I've seen that, which I think actually speaks well for the MTA bus maintenance team.

What's with the collar-up trend? That hallmark of, oh, 1985 should never have come back to see the light of day.