What made today unique:

Tully's, ergo Marsee Baking, closed today. It's the end of an era. For at least 8 years I have been eating Marsee Baking sesame bagels every morning. So I scouted out the next era:

Noah's on 23rd and Glisan opens at 7:30 on Saturdays and Sundays. That's doable if it's the only resort. Their bagels are too doughy and fluffy, though.

Kornblatt's also opens at 7:30 on the weekends. They are a serious New York bakery, and their bagels are yummy, so I'm going to give them a shot first. A half dozen bagels are also a dollar cheaper than at Marsee.

Bridgeport has re-opened. It looks extraordinarily different in there. I just peaked. I had forgotten my phone (still getting used to the whole cell phone thing), but it would have been fun to have called Meagan and Alex and those two adults who tag along with them to see if they wanted to try it out. Instead, I continued on to Powell's and Pioneer Courthouse Square, where I read the most of the paper, where I found . . .

The New York Times finally acknowledged the existence of the Fighting Dems. (Try those links. I'm new to this fanciness.) Can you imagine a liberal, anti-war Iraq War Vet caucus in the House of Representatives? I know the Rovians in the Republican Party have no problem slamming war heroes like John Kerry, Max Cleland, and John McCain, but these folks are pissed and aren't going to roll over, at least like Kerry and McCain did (Cleland's been trying to fight back ever since, but he doesn't have the bully pulpit as the other two). As Sam Seder says, any way anyone can support them (cha-ching!) will help re-establish the representative democracy we used to have.

Have a good one.