There is a phenomena about.
A rash of something across New England.
You see it the second you enter Logan International Airport. You see it all over the streets. Everywhere.
Dunkin’ Donuts.
What is the big deal with Dunkin’ Donuts?
As a West Coast girl Starbucks is really my second
home. Actually independent coffee shops
are truly what I desire, but those seem to be hard to come by up here in the
NorthEast.
So when confronted with this epidemic of donut shops selling
mass produced fried pastries and maybe not the best coffee ever sold I had to
decide how I felt about this. I think
there is a continuum for understanding the world. Those that have lived in one place their
whole lives see their home as the best place ever, nothing compares, there is,
literally, no place like home. Those
that have moved and travelled understand that each geographic region has
something different to offer. I am
pretty far removed from my home town of San Diego. No longer believing that the only place in
the world that one should live is southern California I approached this move to
New England with new eyes. People ask me
if I like it here and I usually say,
‘Might as well.’
So I eye the orange signs that line our windy old roads here
and wonder, ‘what about you?’ I could
rail against it and refuse to set foot in a ‘Dunks,’ as the locals call
it. I could stomp around and say
disparaging things, and hiss phrases like ‘corporate coffee.’ Or I could be an adult about it. The way I feel about Dunks can be summed up
in a few clichés:
11.
‘Fight ‘em
or join ‘em.’ When it comes to mass
quantities of caffeine and sugar, let’s be honest, I’m joining.
22.
‘Don’t look that gift horse in the mouth.’ I have small children, they often have a drive-thru.
33.
‘Any port in a storm.’ I have small children, I’m tired. A box of donut holes is a pretty effective
tool in behavior management.
I also have noticed that New Englanders are more protective
of their traditions. Back in the west if
you make fun of the Rally Monkey, they’ll just shrug and say, ‘Yeah, I don’t
know what a monkey has to do with baseball, but, hey, it’s a monkey!’ Here you make fun of Wally, and I’m a little
afraid that they might cut you.
Does America run on Dunkin?
This part certainly does. It
might not be the best coffee I have ever drank, but this iced latte ain’t half
bad.
1 comment:
Try the caramel coffee with cream. Hot or cold. We mostly just have Starbucks here, but my SIL is a Dunkin' Donuts expert. Because they are cheap. They have punch cards. They have a "happy hour". Cheap. And the caramel coffee with cream (not low fat milk, mind you) isn't half bad.
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