BREAKING NEWS: CHIFFON'S BAKERY HAS REOPENED AT A NEW LOCATION!!!

Like your challah done just so?

Want your rye done right?

MMMM...and my favorite...those delicious lindsey torte cookies that only one bakery knows how to make right...

Well, I got great news for you then!!!

My good friends Esther and Levi Kramer have reopened Chiffon's Bakery at a new location!

Press release exclusive to Jacob Da Jew:

Chiffon's has merged with The Cake Center to form Chiffon's Kosher Cake Center 430 Ave P 718-998-7530. Our famous Challos and breads are back along with Photo and character cakes and the largest variety of miniatures around. Thanks so Much!

We here at chez Da Jew are extremely happy and excited for the new bakery and wish them best of luck!! So what are you waiting for? Go check it out! And tell them I sent you :)

On Dieting....

So I've been "dieting" for approx 3 weeks now.

Here's how it went. The first few days, my stomach was killing me as it went from being stuffed with massive amounts of carbs to celery sticks and cucs. I was strict about watching myself and lost 5.5 pounds.

Week 2 was way harder as it sunk in that I really really miss my nosh. So I cheated here and there and only lost about 1.5 lbs.

Week 3 was pretty much the same as Week 3 with no major weight loss.

So you'd think I'm bummed out for not losing tons of weight, right?

Yes, in week 2, I was freaking out about eating every little thing and obsessing about calories and shit. I felt bloated and huge, maybe since my system was adjusting to mad diet change.

But this week, I actually see the difference! All my pants are looser on me and a couple of people complimented me.

Its kinda hard to tell how much I've lost so far but its between 7-10 pounds. More important to me is the exercise than the dieting.

I get on that treadmill, crank it up to the highest incline like a sick masochist and run as hard as I can, 5 to 8.5 mph. Bonus: Shin and leg muscles are getting noyce.

The most credit is due to Da Wife who has been feeding us all very healthy stuff and enabling me to focus on just exercise etc instead of having to prepare meals which is a hard part of any diet.

I feel great!

Back in da seat

Haven't posted in a a few weeks.

Like who cares?

Let's face it, I'm no Hesh (who visited us tonight and inspired me to get back into it) or Dov Bear.

No one is eagerly anticipating what 'Da Jew has to say, right?

Fact is, there hasn't been much hugely blogworthy stuff happening lately and I'm not one to just fill the B-waves with useless drivel. However, I got some decent posts stored up and will be posting again soon enough...

Lately, I've just been lurking, reading my daily feed of 90 plus blogs.

Some noteworthy "starred" stuff:

Kindergarten Judaism and a Society of Givers is a Society of Takers by Child Ish


Excuse me, did you sleep with me last night? by Trep


On those Octoplets and Social Media can be too social by Jack



By the way, The soup you've been eating has been frozen for 6 months by Hesh

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Tending to da lillies

Brooklyn Botanical Gardens 9/10/2008
Cross-posted at JoeFlix

Dieting time

The days of eating whatever catches my fancy are over.

Two young kids, wife and I working full time means that my usual 3 times a week biking schedule is over. I am just too tired to ride at full tilt.

Since the summer when Da Boy was born, I maybe biked twice. That's it. So the pounds have started to pile up. I gained about 12 lbs since then. Living in Brooklyn ain't easy for the dieter. Way too many good bakeries. MMM...I just luv sweets!

So I'm cutting down on junk food. Post summer I weighed 200 pounds,(now 212lbs) and I aim to get back to that. The doc tells me to lose another 10-15 on top on that but anyone who has met me knows that I don't need to lose so much. Before getting married I was a real scarecrow and don't want to look like that again.


Some basic guidelines I'll be following:

-No cakes cookies etc

-eating dinner before 8-9 pm

-Big breakfast

-Lots of water

-bi-weekly exercise sessions

No Atkins, South beach or whatnot diets. Just a little cutting back. After all, why wait until I get that blimp stage? Da Jew aims to be in fighting form, always.