Meenal's Blog

                                                                          It was one fine morning in the office when I was checking my emails,that my eyes caught an email invite from my colleague Joe with the title 'Murray’s Bagels on my desk'. The word bagel suddenly made me hungrier and my half empty stomach grumbled a s I quickly opened the email to read its contents.  Murray’s Bagels are well known in the New York city for its fresh handmade bagels. It went like this, 'Murray's bagels at my desk, for those of you who know Murray's bakery in Manhattan. Come fast before they are finished! Happy Thursday, well almost Friday! I couldn’t help smiling when I read the last line. It was just the start of the Thursday morning, but the thought of the approaching Friday was already ...

                                          The handwritten delight !                                                      Everyday routine life is no doubt dull and mundane. But it does get sometimes peppered by a few trivial little things and situations which usually go unnoticed. I guess what is needed is an eye to observe them. As I walk to my office every morning, I see dainty little black menu boards neatly placed outside cafes and restaurants. These wooden framed menu boards are put up early in the morning listing out fresh breakfast menus for the day. A typical menu usually temptingly reads like ‘Fresh cranberry oats cereal with warm bagels, Peanut butter sandwich with banana pie and coffee or Cherry almond oatmeal with biscuit...