Routines may vary, but the community is buzzing with activity.

Some of us sleep late on Sunday mornings. Yet many of us are up and out early
to stand in line for hot bagels for Sunday brunch, to play sports or work out,
to be with friends and family — and even to study Torah.

The IN staff decided to find out what Sunday mornings look like for some in our community.
Do you see yourself there, or were you still sleeping?

Staff photos by Angie Baan

A Shmear And A Shmooze

The line goes out the door.

o a slew of breakfast and brunch diners, Sunday mornings begin with one
thing — bagels!
"Our customers are lined up at the door when the store opens at 6:30 a.m.,"
said Carolyn Mason, manager of New York Bagel Baking Company in West Bloomfield.
"The lines form around the inside of the store and sometimes even outside. Sunday is by
far the busiest day of our week."
Regular shopper Manny Cetner has been shopping at New York Bagel for nearly 50
years. The company was established in 1921, and is still family run by the original own-
er's son, Harvey Goldsmith, and his son, Howard.
"I remember being in the store they used to have on Linwood and Clairmont;' said
Cetner of West Bloomfield. "I would go with my dad, and as a kid the oven scared me,
with its flames. But other than that I have fond memories."

Carole Goldsmith of Bloomfield Hills

Manny Cetner of West

serves customers.

Bloomfield holds up his purchase.

Now a customer at the West Bloomfield store — with others in Southfield, Ferndale
and Oak Park — Cetner's Sunday morning stop is tradition. He even has a regular order.
"My usual is onion sticks:' he said. "I scoop them out, spray them with no-fat butter
and fill them with cream cheese, add lox and put sable on the side."
Cetner enjoys the bustle of the Sunday morning errand, and the frequent in-line
shmooze, but said, "I'm a buyer, not a hanger-outer. When I'm done, I'm gone."
Others linger though. "They take their coffee and bagels and sit on the outdoor patio
next door:' Mason said.
"We have a lot of regulars who come in on Sunday mornings. We are a very friendly
store, and customers often bump into people they haven't seen in a while and they end
up jabbering and talking," she said. "But that's just how Sunday morning works." ❑

- Shell! Liebman Dorfman, senior writer

September 18 G 2008

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