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March 5, 2006

Just Here For the Doughnuts

Is there still time for a doughnut resurgence?

It happened again on Friday.

I've been complaining for a while that the doughnut, as a general concept, doesn't get nearly enough love/ respect. Until the carb-counting thing kicked in, we all couldn't get enough of bagels. We made sandwiches on bagels, launched bagel chains, and invented increasingly exotic flavors of bagel. Doughnuts enjoyed a brief resurgence of popularity with the Krispy Kreme thing, but never to the degree of bagels (and oh did I long for a club sandwich served on a glazed doughnut! Oh did I long!). And, to be honest, the whole Krispy Kreme thing was always a little low-end; all sugar, no substance.

So you can imagine my excitement when I moved to C@L and discovered Top Pot Doughnuts. Finally, someone with the guts to step up and own the high-end/ premium doughnut market! And own it they do! Top Pot Doughnuts are as legit as they come. They make no apologies; they're decidedly premium, and decidedly indulgent. If you're eating a Top Pot Doughnut, you're not doing it half-assedly. You're consuming a couple hundred calories worth of cake, glaze, and jelly.

And, let me tell you, it's worth it. These things are good.

Of course, it's getting tougher and tougher to find people who are willing to actually eat a doughnut -- much less eat one in public. A colleague of mine has brought Top Pot doughnuts to work on a few occasions: typically on Fridays when we have some sort of Big Meeting or other event. Of course, I'm pretty down with the doughnuts (especially when they're a surprise!). And this past Friday was one of those Fridays.

The thing is, it's tough to get anyone else at the office to actually eat one of those delicious Top Pot Doughnuts. Sure, everyone will go on and on about "how amazing" Top Pot Doughnuts are, but when push comes to shove, most people wuss out. The box of doughnuts on the conference room table might as well be a crack pipe:

"You're not actually going to eat one, are you?"

"Can we close the box; it's easier if I don't have to look at them."

And, oh, should you dare to step up and actually eat a whole doughnut (instead of dividing it into halves and fourths -- the fourths thing is always precious)! It's as though you just picked up that crack pipe and took a good long tug! What courage! What daring! This guy plays by his own rules! He lives on the edge! He fears nothing and no one!

That's me. I play by my own rules. I eat doughnuts. And I wish more people would join me -- doughnuts are quite lovely.

Also, in case it isn't completely obvious, this was all just a flimsy excuse for me to buy and eat doughnuts on a Sunday morning.

Posted by thatkid at March 5, 2006 12:41 PM under C@L , ThatKid

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