A PENCHANT FOR PASTRIES

A PENCHANT FOR PASTRIES

      YOU CAN'T  EVEN IMAGINE WHAT YOUR

              TASTE BUDS WILL EXPERIENCE!

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It is not widely known

          but I will tell 

you private personal stuff

     about breakfast food

The man in the white coat 

           charging big bucks

(with all those diplomas

        on his wall, and a 

      cute nurse)

was saying: "Don't eat

         too many carbs...

     but he warned, be careful 

not to

     run low on carbs, either."

It was the second part 

     of his advice

that really stuck with me.

So....I like danishes. and in a real

      sense, my diet requires 

them

Some say: "Spell Danishes

     with a little "d."

We have tried them all...

     "sweet rolls," pastries,

donuts,  bear-claws,

    croissants,  and danishes....

from....Smiths, Albertsons,

     Savory Fare, Whole Foods,

Starbucks, Dunkins Donuts...

Not to forget that neat little

            mustard-colored

donut shoppe on the corner

that went out of business.

But...(and sit down for this)---

     The most beautiful, 

flavorful, delicious, delightful,

     "melt-in-your-mouth,"

pastry 

       I have ever run across 

was brought to me by BE.

Only ONE of 'em....

      but ONE was enough!

She just happened to 

      "stumble onto it"

   when out with the girls.

For you see---and you must 

    understand a basic truth---

Men, when out coffee-drinking

     with their buddies,

          and discussing sports 

and duck-hunting, will know

     the best coffee and donuts.

at the cheapest places.

"Meet you at Ed's Donuts

       thirty minnits, okay?"

Now women (we all know)

      are the ones with class,

grace, and style (and that's why 

           we are drawn to them,

isn't it?

Well, If there is a suave, fancy,

     debonair, 

"Place-to-be-seen-type-Place"

       for coffee and repartee

within a hundred miles---

      

they will find it.

Accordingly my dear wife 

            brought me 

from one of her occasions

     with the girls---

a marvelously-crafted pastry!

It was a tender, flaky, cream cheese

      filled---criss-crossed with 

sugary strips, tantalizingly-tempting,

            French confection

From LE CHANTILLY!

I mean, this place is so awesomely

      and appropriately classy

that they don't even pronounce

      their whole name.

They leave the "ILLY" off,

      and just say: LE CHANTEE."

Wow!

And as befitting such an

     extraordinaire 

coffee shoppe, there is an

       readily-discernible  air 

as I said

    of stylishness there...

These pastries are so delightful

     that next year we are foregoing

         our overseas trip, and

buying several sacks of French

         goodies,

and loading up on old 

          John Wayne movies!

Did I say: "Plenty of decaf?"

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Mil

21 MAY 17