ANGLE ON A SMALL, INVITING BAKERY -- crowds throng outside the pretty little shop, painted with the name: KOWALSKI. People peer with interest into the shop's windows, and happy customers leave, their arms laden with baked goods.

WIDE SHOT OF A BUSTLING NEW YORK STREET -- market stalls line the street, which heaves with busy people, horses, and carriages.

EXT. JACOB'S BAKERY, LOWER EAST SIDE -- THREE MONTHS LATER -- DAY