Dinosaurs & Bagels
I had a look at the new Natural History Museum at the University of Oklahoma today. It is first rate in every respect. The dinosaur and fossil exhibits are at least the equal of any museum in the country. The exhibits on Native American culture and environmental habitats in Oklahoma are excellent. It costs just $4 for adults. Unfortunately, the signage getting to the museum is inadequate. Although the museum is only about three miles from I-35 I could find no sign on I-35 to tell me which exit to take. Going south from Oklahoma City towards Dallas you take the fourth Norman exit. The museum is a jewel for Oklahoma and OU.

After the tour of the museum I stopped in at the NY Bagel cafe at Campus Corner for a bagel sandwich. This is one of the few bagel eateries left after the bagel boom of the late 90s. A couple of years ago most of the bagel places went out of business. One chain called the New York Bagel was headquartered in Stillwater but had shops all over Oklahoma and beyond. The chain became involved with a burrito chain, started phasing their shops from bagels to burritos and then to no bagels. What a loss to civilization that was. Those of us who learned to like bagels had to turn to the grocery stores for the packaged variety. $2.70 for four lousy bagels? New York Bagels please come back.