Hello there.

This week, I got an up-close-and-personal look at the age-old human folly of “taking stuff for granted.” I like to think I’m a pretty grateful person; I’m vocally thankful every day for pretty much everything good in my life. I say “I love you” probably too much to the people I love. Despite my raised eyebrows and sometimes sharp exterior, if you know me, you know I’m a bona fide softie, weakened by the sight of any sign of goodness in any and all things. I cry — no kidding — every day.

I also, probably like a lot of us, am convinced I can push myself to do anything with just a little extra chutzpah and elbow grease. It was debilitating and, worst of all, psychically frustrating this week to learn that one’s health — no matter how considered and regimented — is frequently beyond one’s control. Your ego is a quaking, shivering mouse in the face of the inexplicable decisions made by the body that holds you.

I was in the hospital for a few days with a spontaneous and weird illness that my doctors are still trying to work out. I’m home now, still kinda freaked out, and wondering if those are just the cards the universe deals us sometimes. I’m lucky I’m feeling better, not worse. Sometimes you’re weirdly sick and then you’re not, and so it goes. But as a person who has always been pretty enamored by the power and majesty of the ~mind~, this experience, as well as watching hours of Olympics cross-country skiing on my shitty hospital TV, has made me pretty convinced that the body is capable of some stuff that the mind can’t even conceive. I’m making sure “my body” never leaves the list of stuff I’m grateful for, and what’s more, I’d like to thank everyone who checked up on me. It really, really meant a lot.

Once again, you might be reading this newsletter and thinking, “Hey, champ, get to the bread part,” and so here it is:

It snowed again, which I know everyone is really happy about 🥴 . Because we had low attendance the first big snowy week this year, we’ve decided to offer a preorder on our most popular breads for the forthcoming week so that you can pop in and guarantee you’ll get bread on whichever day you want it. If it works, we may try it again in the future!

Preorder Here

Thursday through Sunday you can preorder: 6-packs of bagels, country loaves, baguettes, seeded sandwich loaves, and pane Siciliano.

Friday, you can preorder challah.

Saturday, you can preorder 100% rye.

We’ll have plenty of breads available for walk-ins, too, as well as our full pastry, sandwich, and coffee menu. Just wanted to give those folks an option who know they want bread on a certain day to come on by and grab it at any time during the day.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading.

xo,

Dayna

Dayna’s What’s Up Corner

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