Kaufman’s Coffee & Bagels – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Seinfeld: “What is that smell?” Kramer “That’s East River.” Seinfeld: You’re swimming in the East River? The most heavily trafficked, overly contaminated waterway on the eastern seaboard?” Kramer: Technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage.” When I lived in the Boston area for two years immediately following high school, those of us in the Bay State (even temporary residents) refused to acknowledge New York City was better than Boston at anything. We were devastated when the hated Yankees bested our beloved Red Sox in the 1978 American League East tie-breaker. For that we’ll never forgive Bucky Dent. Before my first visit to the dreaded Big Big Apple (Bucky Dent is the worm in that apple), friends told me in private and…