Queen Elizabeth visited the World Trade Center site today, and I had planned to take my bulldog down in his Radio Flyer (festooned with Union Jacks if I could find any). The extreme heat made that plan unrealistic for an 8-year-old bulldog.

Instead, I watched the queen's arrival from my window with binoculars. She walked into the site from one of the regular entrances, looking quite regal even in the heat.