The scene at The Pancake House in West Caldwell, where tables, especially on Sunday morning, are at a premium...

Another day, another TV interview promoting our February "Recession Pricing" restaurant issue. Evidently it takes someone with a ladder to do the dishes at WMBC-TV in West Caldwell.

It wasn't waving as I passed by the other day, at the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue, Fairfield Avenue, and Clinton Road in Caldwell. The air was so calm and humid, the flag wasn't even wavering.

But it will, and soon enough to remind us the fourth arrives in four days.