Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, How about a trade, NY bagel for New Haven pizza? Cheers, John On 5/25/05, dnygr <dnygr@cshore.com> wrote: > Peter, Kenneth, Karen and others: > > I'd be happy to put you in contact with the Leica repairman in New Haven. > Email me directly (dnygr@cshore.com) and I'll send you his name and > telephone number. > > Yes, he does fix lenses. He fixes everything. He's fixed my Hasselblad > 38mm Biogon as well as my Leica cameras. I need to bring him my 21mm M > lens now. > > He has coffee every morning at Atticus bookstore, which is where I met > him. He introduced me to Leica. Atticus is just around the corner from > Harkness and JE (Jonathan Edwards College) with which I am affiliated. > > Yes, I do remember the camera shop in Fair Haven which was near the great > Polish deli Wozniak's (sp?). > > The only bad thing about New Haven is the bagels. I moved here from > Cincinnati where there was a bagel bakery in Roselawn that had the best > bagels. They were made the old-fashioned way, that is they tasted best > when they came out of the oven and if you didn't freeze them they'd be > hard as rock by sunset. > > When I got to New Haven I was shocked by the state of bagels. Dreadful, > dreadful, dreadful. There were assimilated bagels, and there were goyische > bagels, but there were no real yiddische bagels. Things got worse when I > moved out of New Haven a few miles. I bought a bagel baked at a local > supermarket and tasted the all-time worst specimen, which I call "Yankee > bagels." They look anemic, are soggy, and taste like a cross between an > English muffin and Wonder Bread. It takes a year for them to turn to rock. > I exaggerate of course. Since coming here, the bagel scene has improved, I > am happy to report. > > I wonder if those great bagels are still to be had in Cincinnati. > > Doug Nygren > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >