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Hardhat Away!!!

They're building a Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins outside my neighborhood!!!!!!!!

Not just a coffee shop...not just an ice cream parlor.  No, this is the mack-daddy combo-deluxe megawatt sugarbuzz vessel for all of my vices.  And there's a drive-thru.  Hallelujah!!

You have to know the backstory to appreciate my delight at this 8th Wonder of my World.  I had to give up caffeine in 1986, and have since tried every stinkin' type of decaffeinated concoction ever served.  The only one that comes close to real coffee is the Dunkin' Decaf.   Starbucks burns their decaf roast on purpose to punish people who don't (or can't) crave their over-priced cappuccinos.  McDonald's always shorts you on the cream, yet they insist on adding it for you so you don't sue them for burning your crotch while mixing-and-driving.  Krispy Kreme has decent decaf, but it doesn't compare to Dunkin's smooth, steamy, mellow blend with REAL cream.  Not soy-moo or whatever the gas station presents as "non-dairy" creamer.  If it never expires, does it stay in your digestive tract forever?  Think about it....

As for the back half of my den of delight...the Baskin Robbins ice cream store-- there are only three words necessary:  jamocha almond fudge.  I defy you to find an ice cream with more texture, more flavor, more delicious gooey-ness than my fudgey-fave.   I once threatened to beat up a BR employee who cleaned the shake machine 15 minutes before closing and tried to refuse me my J-A-F shake.  She apparently didn't realize that I was 8 months pregnant and quite capable of eating her on-site.  She made the shake.

Realize, too, that this all-star combo restaurant is within walking distance of my house.  Walking, as in: "Strap in, stroller child...mommy needs to shuffle down the road for her decaf, then powerjog home to burn off the ice cream"!  

I shamelessly seek 'help wanted' signs during my daily drive-by's at 

the construction site.  I'm hoping one of my kids can snag a job there and hook me up with an intravenous feed.   Hey, I'm only across the parking lot....!

 Oh, they can not throw up that building fast enough for me.  Perhaps I can shuffle down and help with trimwork or roofing...I can move pretty darned fast for someone who hasn't had caffeine in two decades!!