Gloomy day here in NYC, but warmer at least. There are positive reports coming from Spumoni Gardens South (which reminds me: I saw Mario Battale this week on Food Network haunting the kitchen of the Brooklyn original -- he devoured a slice of Sicilian and approved of its quality).

Notice the colon in the previous sentence. It's not only grammatically correct, it's also symbolic. It's not quite a dramatic pause, but it does introduce food.

And we all know where that leads.