One of my favorite New York happenings is when I'm on the A, B, C or D train between 59th Street and 125th. It's one of those deals where the express track runs right next to the local. Once in a while, you get to ride right next to another train and peer into their strap-hanging world. It's a whole storybook. You always see a group laughing, many singles just staring at the advertisements, a Columbia student cramming for a test and maybe a crazy person or two talking to themselves.

Tonight, St. Valentine's Day, it was a particularly warming sight. Looking over into the glow of the newer and nicer A train from my dingier and more rickety B, I was treated to the sight of couple after couple in side-by-side embraces, all of them strangers to each other, but very comfortable with their love. It was very very nice to see.

Anyway, don't want to get too sappy here. Hope you had a great Valentine's Day.

D. Robert -- New York, NY