Bagel Brunch

Waking up at 10:00 on a Sunday is definitely difficult, but walking into Mr. Jays and smelling those delicious bagels made the early wake-up worth it.  This past Sunday we had our first Bagel Brunch of the semester, and I would say it was a success!  There were about 50 of us Hillelers there and we definitely made our presence known.  Who wouldn't notice a group of 50 tired college students running towards the counter to get their yummy bagels? There was a lot of buzz around the restaurant. I overheard so many conversations about how the past week had went, rush events going on, silly weekend stories, and even a conversation about how you can tell a lot about a person by the bagel they eat.  For example, if you get a plain bagel with plain cream cheese, you are plain and if you get an egg bagel with plain cream cheese you're weird.  My favorite was the everything egg bagel with chive cream cheese, that was said to be “too much” (not my opinion, but that’s what I heard!)

As a freshman, pretty new to Hillel, I still don’t know many people but I was still able to enjoy myself. I was able to meet so many new, extremely friendly people, while eating my favorite food.  Which by the way… I’m eating a bagel as I am writing this. To be specific, a plain bagel with chive cream cheese, which makes me wonder what those people I overheard, would say about my personality? But to make a long story short, everyone had a great time this Sunday and they all definitely enjoyed their free bagels and coffee or sodas. I cannot wait until our next event! 

-Leah Ross, Publicity Chair-