Let me start by saying that I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend. For the most part we took a relaxed approach to our own weekend. Today, however, Beth and I decided to celebrate the holiday in style as we joined tens of thousands of our fellow New Yorkers and bought a new toilet seat. Then we went to the Bronx Zoo.

Having grown up a complete and utter zoo-snob, it is no small feat for me to say that the Bronx Zoo is actually a pretty nice zoo. Operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the zoo has taken great steps in recent years to update their habitats to more natural settings, taking better care of the animals and offering guests a more rewarding experience. That’s not to say the Bronx Zoo can’t go further but, I think they’re moving in the right direction. And being one of the few couples in the zoo today that weren’t charged with herding around a group of screaming children, I’d say we enjoyed ourselves.