Stephanie Gayle

Today did not start well. A bad night's sleep combined with an aborted shower (no hot water left) made me feel less than generous toward humanity. But at 1:49 PM that all changed. I entered Petsi Pie's and my brain started yelling (inside my head) "Oh my God! Heaven! Heaven! Heaven!" It was the smell. Sugar, butter, and baking. I froze up, staring at the displays because all I could think was "It's Heaven!!!" That and "I want everything but I cannot eat everything, not without repercussions. Must make choices."

After I left Petsi's with a coconut cupcake (good) and a sweet potato breakfast bun (absurdly delicious, as a product of Heaven would be) I realized that when you enter a lot of bakeries you smell nothing. The storefront is so far removed from the bakery that you don't get the aroma of caramelizing sugar making your taste buds dance. It's too bad, because while seeing lots of pretty baked good is nice, seeing them and smelling them is much better.

For all of you interested in experiencing Heaven before you die (assuming you're headed there--I make no such claims) you can find more information on Petsi Pies.

Posted by Stephanie at 04:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Maybe it comes from growing up in Massachusetts or perhaps its my enormous sweet teeth (the size of California!) but I love doughnuts. They were a Sunday ritual growing up. I'd drive with my Dad to HoneyDew Donuts and we'd get a dozen. I liked chocolate donuts (not chocolate frosted). My Dad liked crullers. I thought he was insane.

I even joined Key Club my senior year so I could be in the Key Club homeroom. Why? Because that homeroom got doughnuts every Friday before class. Yup.

Many years have passed, but my love of doughnuts remains intact. I ate three and half of them today. One and a half for breakfast and two at later times throughout the day. The doughnuts came from Verna's, which is a Cambridge institution whose doors very nearly closed early this year. I'm so glad someone bought the place and kept it open. Verna's does a damn good iced coffee roll and their buttercrunch are perhaps the finest buttercrunch I've ever tasted (and I've tasted a whole lot over the years).

So here's to doughnuts! Keeping my happy for lo these many years.

Posted by Stephanie at 07:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)