Today I stopped in at Saul's Delicatessen to pick up some macaroons. They were extremely busy since Passover starts this evening. I was third on line but had to stand there for about 10 minutes before I could place my order. People in front of me had pre-ordered a lot of food. Note all the boxes of matzos on display in their window (click on the photo):
What makes this day different from all other days? On most days you can order any numbers of matzo balls, but today you can only order them in pre-packed containers of two or four:
Check out their huge macaroons (note the hand for a sense of scale):
The staff was so busy that when the cashier rang up my purchase he gave me a receipt to sign, except I had paid in cash (with a $10 bill). He apologized when I handed it back to him and said it had been crazy in there since 8 AM and was going to continue like that all day.
The wait on line was worth it, not for the macaroons (which I haven't eaten at the time I am writing this), but because when I stepped outside I crossed paths with former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. As I opened the door to walk out he was approaching. I expected him to go inside, but he and his party took a brief look and then kept walking:
I knew that Reich is a professor at Berkeley (see his blog here), but I thought he is a professor of economics. Nope. His position is in the school of public policy.
What makes this day different from all other days? On most days you can order any numbers of matzo balls, but today you can only order them in pre-packed containers of two or four:
Check out their huge macaroons (note the hand for a sense of scale):
The staff was so busy that when the cashier rang up my purchase he gave me a receipt to sign, except I had paid in cash (with a $10 bill). He apologized when I handed it back to him and said it had been crazy in there since 8 AM and was going to continue like that all day.
The wait on line was worth it, not for the macaroons (which I haven't eaten at the time I am writing this), but because when I stepped outside I crossed paths with former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. As I opened the door to walk out he was approaching. I expected him to go inside, but he and his party took a brief look and then kept walking:
I knew that Reich is a professor at Berkeley (see his blog here), but I thought he is a professor of economics. Nope. His position is in the school of public policy.
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