Why Would Doughnuts Run Away From Me?

Oh wait, I know why! I'm a doughnut fanatic, that's why doughnuts are running away from me. I had two chances to get doughnuts today, one from Starbucks and a few from The Doughnut Plant established on the Lower East Side. Unfortunately for me, I've never been more disappointed when it comes to my favorite types of food being conveniently available to me ever. I don't really know how all of these opportunities for good doughnuts were taken away all in one day... I do know the story though, and I'll tell you.

Today, I had an appointment at Mannes with the director and it was going to be mid-morning, so I had a chance to get breakfast at Starbucks (a doughnut and iced tea, healthy right?) and then go to get a doughnut from The Doughnut Plant after the meeting. I started the morning heading to Starbucks only to find that they were all out of doughnuts AND apple fritters. I still got my drink and ate a ham and swiss sandwich for breakfast on the way heading into the city. I looked forward to getting my doughnuts after the meeting because those were going to be the real important doughnuts of the day.

Once the meeting was over, I headed down to Zabar's to get the doughnuts since they carry Doughnut Plant doughnuts, hoping that my disappointment from this morning would be remedied by the two or three doughnuts that I'd pick up. Nope. They ran out, or just didn't get them over to the store today, but most likely they ran out because they don't usually have a ton of them, but it was still early in the day and Monday. How do they run out of that many doughnuts under those conditions?

So, sad and without lunch, I ended up wandering around on Broadway a little bit going into the places I usually eat when I'm on my lunch break on Saturdays, though they were filled with incredibly long lines. However, the day didn't end badly, I went out to lunch with my mother in Garden City at this restaurant, Asian Moon which was surprisingly good and inexpensive for a great lunch which remedied the day.

Now I know I'm just going to have to wait until Wednesday to go to Round Rock for doughnuts.