Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton -- who recently stunned City Hall by announcing he was leaving the LAPD and returning to New York City to work for a private security consulting firm -- passed by my booth at Langer's on Saturday.

I asked the Chief what he was going to do for pastrami on the East Coast. His wife laughed and said, "Yeah, there's none of the stuff back there." Bratton added, "I've always said Langer's is the best New York deli in Los Angeles."

GeezBob or Rui immediately said to me, "Well, you've got something for your blog." And ain't that what it's all about?