To begin this thing, I thought something maybe a little more than ordinary and a lot of excellent was needed.

Welcome to one of the highlights of my morning - Peace, Love, and Pretzels. It's yeast and dough and sea salt and Parmesan cheese sold out of an orange VW van (playing some William Fitzsimmons-ish thing, draped with a streamer on it that says 'Happy Day') made and owned by the even more excellent Katie Scheffers.

So recap: Orange. Van. Friend. Bear hugs! Dough. Cheese. Park. Hippie name.

PS Sarah, she's got tips for us on jam-vangelism, I'm sure of it.