Dispatches from the New York bagel scene
And some intriguing thoughts on the newsletter moving forward...
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I’m four New York/New Jersey bagels into my quixotic quest to eat as many starchy bread circles as I possibly can while here, and I’ve already learned so much.
I brought a mixture of excitement, trepidation, and fear with me to NYC this week. What if all the bagels I ate here were disappointing? What if every bagel I ate was better than every bagel in Seattle? What if I could no longer justify my stance that no city’s bagels are as good as New York's? What if the one bagel I didn’t eat was the one I should have?
Suffice it to say, that’s a lot of drama for someone walking around Manhattan eating carbs all day.
But I will say, I’ve already learned a lot. About NYC bagels. About Seattle bagels. About myself. And about some exciting things I want to do with the newsletter. I’m going to have a lot more to write about in the weeks ahead but in the meantime, I wanted to share a few musings and thoughts.
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