Friday, January 31, 2003

The cool mid-century deli around

The cool mid-century deli around the corner has been making and selling bagels since the 50’s.  It smells like a bagel bakery, yeasty and fulsome and indulgent.  They’re pushy and friendly inside, there’s a fun give-and-take on a sunday morning when we’re all hung over and vulnerable.  But their sign is not working for me any more.  One of the letters has fallen off and now they’re proudly proclaiming themselves as the Hose of Bagels.  And years have passed since this happened, it’s been more than a decade.  They’re just content with it that way.  But I’m getting these increasingly detailed visions of the hose of bagel, and its taking on new and questionable meaning for me.  I need for this to stop.  Could someone just fix the sign already?  Here are some suggestions if you don’t want to buy new letters…