Last night I made a pretty good pot of vegetable soup. This morning we both had a bowl for breakfast and then went to Starbucks for coffee and to read the paper. There was a lot of foot traffic in and out of the store which means lots of good people watching.

After an hour or so we decide to walk around the area for a little bit. It is cooking season again so I wanted to go to William Sonoma and Sur La Table. We also stopped at Einstein Bros. Bagels for a snack. When one opened in Columbus we tried it but were not impressed, but what I realized today was that we were comparing it to Block's Bagels which is kind of like comparing a Chevy to a Mercedes. It was also a long time ago and they have had plenty of time to improve. Anyway, I was fairly impressed with the bagels we tried and the coffee. It is no Block's, but it is pretty good. One good indication is that they serve their cream cheese and lox bagel with red onion, tomato, and capers.

Then we drove to Brookfield to walk around a store called Past-Time Hobbies that carries the full line of Corgi die-cast models. I didn't buy anything but it was fun.

On the way to the model store we made a detour into a huge Harley Davidson boutique. I have been meaning to stop in to look for a full grain (not top grain) leather jacket. We were in a Harley store a few years ago and there was a leather jacket that felt like it was made out of belting leather. It weighed a ton, and it was so stiff it could stand up stood up on its own when I set it on the floor. I didn't find any jackets with the leather like I was looking for, and they all had too much flashy Harley Davidson stuff embroidered on.

On the way back home we stopped in a Wild Oats Market for a little snack. We got a little 5-ounce tray of pre-diced 2 year old sharp cheddar cheese and a Gala apple. Sheri loves fruit and cheese together lately.

We came home and I spent maybe 45 minutes working on bills, mail, and the check register, and then we went downstairs to have some soup for dinner.

Then we watched Beautiful Boxer. It is a true story about a transvestite kick boxer in Thailand. It sounds weird and farfetched, but it is a really good story. Rent it.