Well, you hit a nerve with Mister D! We lived one block from our local Mister Donut shop, and when I think of all the childhood memories that my kids still talk about today, Mister Donut is a big part of them. We moms all remember sitting on the front porch early in the morning, smoking our menthol cigarettes, and sending one or all of the kids, cash in hand, to fetch us coffee and donuts. Our next-door neighbor worked there for twenty years. We had our favorites, the "old-fashioned" ones for the adults, and those horrible "clowns" for the kids. The shop was open 24 hours, and we all knew the "regulars" as well as some of the middle of the night characters, like the woman who walked in at 2 am one morning to buy donuts with no clothes on! The donut shop is still there, but the old characters are long gone. The memories remain; thanks for bringing them to life for me!
Thank you Janice for sharing your Mister D memories with me! I forgot that it was open 24 hours! As I wrote the piece and then read your comment, other memories floated to the surface. I don't remember the clown donuts, though. Dunkin Donuts now occupies the Mister D, but it is not conducive to hanging out ( no countertop with swivel seats), and, of course, no smoking! Of all my regulars, I believe "Al" is still alive, but I haven't seen him since High School.
Memories stirred up like the milk in our Mister D coffee. Those Clown donuts were disgusting! Enough blue and yellow and red frosting to cause a sugar seizure. My kids loved them.
Well, you hit a nerve with Mister D! We lived one block from our local Mister Donut shop, and when I think of all the childhood memories that my kids still talk about today, Mister Donut is a big part of them. We moms all remember sitting on the front porch early in the morning, smoking our menthol cigarettes, and sending one or all of the kids, cash in hand, to fetch us coffee and donuts. Our next-door neighbor worked there for twenty years. We had our favorites, the "old-fashioned" ones for the adults, and those horrible "clowns" for the kids. The shop was open 24 hours, and we all knew the "regulars" as well as some of the middle of the night characters, like the woman who walked in at 2 am one morning to buy donuts with no clothes on! The donut shop is still there, but the old characters are long gone. The memories remain; thanks for bringing them to life for me!
Thank you Janice for sharing your Mister D memories with me! I forgot that it was open 24 hours! As I wrote the piece and then read your comment, other memories floated to the surface. I don't remember the clown donuts, though. Dunkin Donuts now occupies the Mister D, but it is not conducive to hanging out ( no countertop with swivel seats), and, of course, no smoking! Of all my regulars, I believe "Al" is still alive, but I haven't seen him since High School.
Memories stirred up like the milk in our Mister D coffee. Those Clown donuts were disgusting! Enough blue and yellow and red frosting to cause a sugar seizure. My kids loved them.
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There are several parts, and I'm going to write them all!