Donuts

DONUTS

Municipal meetings cannot run without donuts. This includes wastewater meetings, and it’s the consultant’s duty to get them (some of you out there will piously and smarmily say that I’m a meanie, but its true). That’s ok I LOVE DONUTS! I can remember one meeting in Defiance years ago, where Jim Donnell and Jason Tansey were supposed to bring the donuts, but they were late and only brought 2 dozen anyway. As soon as I got there, Leon Smith, Pat Tebbe and the lovely Elizabeth Wick said, “Where’s the donuts? Where’s the donuts? We’re hungry!” They looked like little robins waiting to be fed. 2 minutes later Gino Silvestri, the superintendent, got on the intercom and demanded that I go get donuts. I was less than 20 feet from him and he gets on the intercom. He demanded that I go to Kroger’s and get donuts for everyone. I told him I’d be dammed if I was going to put my hands on 8 dozen donuts for everyone. I asked Rory Prigge and Frank D’Ambrosia, who worked there then, where the donut shop was. I got blank looks. I got in my car and found the donut shop. I cleaned them out, left the woman a nice tip and headed back. As I was entering the office, Brad Borer from Tiffin was coming out of the building and said “Donuts! Thanks, Jim” and took a box of half a dozen off the top. Brad always was a great eater. I brought the rest of the donuts in and put them on the table, took one or two for me and got some coffee, gave a hard look at Frank and Rory for not telling me where to donut shop was, and listen to Gino complain because I didn’t go to Krogers. Why did I get all the donuts I could? It’s a sin to not have enough donuts and then some left over for the men when you leave. So there. Hah!

Some of the best donuts in the world are made at Bakery Unlimited, just a few blocks from my house. If you want death by chocolate sugar and fried grease, get the chocolate covered, Bavarian crème filled fritters. All your daily calories in one goopy mess. Do you have a favorite place?