At least it is the kind of illness — sinuses, really — that let’s you know precisely when the medication has worn off. That’s considerate. And either this is a super allergy/sinus issue or the over-the-counter medicines have a lot less potency than they used to. It is possible that both are true.
We finally visited Dunkin Donuts today. Took them forever to open, and town was filled with news of rumored false starts. It became a thing to video yourself going to the drive thru and knocking on the window. Finally the sign said “Opening May 28th.”
So we went on the 28th at about 10:30 p.m. Only they weren’t open for 24 hours on their first day. They’d already exhausted themselves.
This morning they were open again. I counted at least 14 people working there, surpassing the number of people that were sitting at the little round tables at the time. They have hi-def menu screens and two rows of doughnuts. The kid that got our order got it wrong.
The doughnuts were not especially good. (But it is their first week.) They were no Daylight. They were no D Square. They were certainly no Krispy Kreme. Somehow they will probably be more successful than all of them.
Still not sure how Daylight closed. It went dark about a year ago, just down the road from the new Dunkin spot. The parking was bad, and maybe the location was a factor, but the doughnuts were good and the burgers would surprise you.
The owner bought some property for a song in Michigan in 2010. Then it looks as if he wanted to sell it at a 500 percent profit just two days later, in a story which included some odd quotes. And then in March of 2011 that Michigan building burned. It seems he’d decided on selling the old chestnut wood inside the building, but alas. Two teens were charged in the blaze. And then there was a threat of and, finally, last month, foreclosure. The locals, in the comments of all of those stories, found it all a bit suspicious.
But, hey, doughnuts!
Gave a tour of downtown and campus today. I invoked Sundilla and discussed the Harpers. We pointed out buildings with famous names and famous tales and sweated on a beautiful May afternoon. We discussed the old stuff and guessed at the new stuff.
At dinner I felt the moment precisely when the old drugs stopped working and then, a bit later, precisely when the new antihistamine kicked in. Breathing is a wonderful thing. Also it is underrated.
A few more days of this and I’ll be fine. I’ll try the doughnuts then, when I can properly taste things again.
